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Southport is building city center

10/25/2017

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SUBMITTED PHOTO Southport Clerk-Treasurer Diana Bossingham (from left) Police Chief Thomas Vaughn, Mayor Russell McClure and City Councilor Jim Cooney lend a hand to break ground Southport’s municipal complex.
The Southport Police Department and city officials have broken ground on an 8,000-square-foot municipal complex at 137 Worman St. The new facility will replace the one at 6901 Derbyshire Road, which houses city offices and Perry Senior Services while serving as a community center.  

Police Chief Thomas Vaughn’s office is an 8-by-10-foot space, which contains filing cabinets used for storage.

“The roll call room is utilized by other agencies, for breathalyzers, fingerprints and people picking up police reports,” Vaughn said. “You’ll have someone doing a breathalyzer on a drunk, with someone getting their fingerprints for their government job and then a child sitting at a desk coloring in a coloring book. In today’s society those things are not acceptable.”

The initial idea was for the building’s use to be limited to the police station, but that evolved. The facility will now house the offices of city officials and a meeting room for the City Council, which approved the $1 million project, funded by a bond. June 30 is estimated completion date.

The building will feature secured entries, but there will always be access to a safe room for those in trouble to contact the police. 
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The current community center, which can be rented for events, will not be abandoned. Perry Senior Services will continue to call it home, and space has been offered to the Lions Club of Southport for its meetings.
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