Salt Lake City is shopping for a piece of land on the city’s east side suitable for construction of a new police station.
The City Council on Tuesday granted Mayor Jackie Biskupski’s staff financial backing to move quickly with due diligence and a purchase contract if the city finds the right parcel for sale to accommodate the new east-side precinct station.
Amid other changes to the city’s 2018-19 budget approved late Tuesday was an item for $3.57 million to “facilitate development” of the precinct station, with $1.3 million of that coming from the city’s surplus land fund and $2.