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The public safety building will not only serve as a headquarters for police and fire but also house the finance department, at least temporarily, and include a new city council chambers. The design will be developed by Darden Architects after the city approved a $2.1 million contract with firm in March two years after initiating the original request for proposals .

“With COVID, and all of the changes in our schedules, it’s taken an unusually long time for us to get to the point where we have a consultant under contract,” Porter said…