The Rialto City Council approved two major public safety investments Tuesday, June 9, authorizing an $7.86 million project estimate increase for the city’s new police headquarters project and approving nearly $2.5 million for the purchase, installation and maintenance of 113 public safety cameras throughout the city.
The police headquarters amendment increases the project’s Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) by $7,861,852.43 and includes construction of a south parking lot expansion on a recently acquired parcel at 126 S. Willow Ave., along with additional contingency funding for ongoing construction costs.
According to city documents, construction of the new headquarters encountered a series of unforeseen expenses after work began, including stormwater culvert improvements, utility relocations involving Southern California Edison, AT&T and Spectrum, main water line upgrades, radio and communications infrastructure modifications and site preparation associated with the future parking lot expansion. Those costs totaled roughly $3.28 million and exhausted the project’s original contingency funds…