(The Center Square) – Spokane Valley saved taxpayers more than $300,000 on Tuesday after the city council awarded a contract to remodel the police department’s precinct for less than it had expected.
The project positions the Spokane Valley Police Department to support about 30 additional personnel, including 28 commissioned officers. Tuesday’s decision to award the contract to Leone & Kibber Inc. follows consultants’ recommendations in 2023 that the council hire that many to meet local demand.
The officials approved funding for the first 10 hires last year, and voters approved a historic sales tax last week to fund the next round. The Valley still needs to identify funding for the final wave, but the remodel should make room for all 30 hires, unless policing needs change again over the coming years…