The Sandy Springs Public Facilities Authority approved a $2.1 million contract to purchase all required furniture, fixtures, equipment, and relocation services necessary for the new Police Headquarters and Municipal Courthouse on Morgan Falls Road.
Dave Wells, director of Facilities/Capital Construction and Building Operations, told PFA member Melody Kelley during a meeting Tuesday night that interior design is part of the construction process. The contract with Office Images covers furniture and fixtures, and relocation services.
Offices Images also supplied furniture and fixtures for Sandy Springs Fire Stations 2 and 5, Wells said.
Mayor Rusty Paul had Wells confirm that the city made the bid award under a state contract to ensure the lowest possible price through pre-negotiated terms.
Sandy Springs will also pay Reeves Young LLC another $697,038 in a change order to place a police vehicular storage building on the police headquarters property. With the approval of the Public Facilities Authority, a pre-engineered metal building will be installed on the site.
The city had stored police department rolling inventory at a warehouse on Trowbridge Road temporarily beginning in 2021 until a permanent location was found, Wells said.
The Sandy Springs Fiscal Year 2025 budget allocated $475,587 to construct a one-bay vehicle storage facility to house the Police Command Vehicle in the lower lot of Trowbridge Warehouse, Wells said. Site challenges and the high cost of erecting a building on the site led city staff to find a different solution.
Reeves Young, the city’s contractor for the police headquarters and municipal court building, was approached for pricing to locate the vehicles there. Wells said the metal building approved by the Public Facilities Authority will be erected in the secured parking area behind the Police Headquarters building for added security, easier access, and a reduced construction cost.
