 The Brainerd City Council agreed this week to spend $77,000 on a facilities assessment. After the council originally turned down the proposal three votes to four, the motion was brought back to the table. After discussion about the issues with City Hall, the police department and the fire department, the council voted five to two in favor of the study. Areas including HVAC, stairs and building layout will all be addressed under one compiled assessment. It's a study to see what's the best way to take care of those problems and in which order we should take care of them. And so, you know, it's money that's going to have to be spent and a lot of times when you look at these kind of problems the longer you wait, the more it costs. So we're not rushing into anything, it's something that we've been looking at for a while. WSN and Contegrity Group of Little Falls will perform the facilities assessment before budget work for 2019. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.