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Phoenix is buying the Wells Fargo Plaza skyscraper next to City Hall for $46.5 million, which will allow the city to consolidate workspace and create a central government campus at the heart of downtown.
The Phoenix City Council voted 7-2 Thursday to buy the 27-story building at 100 W. Washington St. to house the city s 911 dispatch center, and eventually police headquarters and other departments. Councilmembers Sal DiCiccio and Jim Waring voted against the purchase.
The purchase solves a pressing need to find a new home for the city s 50-year-old police headquarters, including the 911 dispatchers who work in the basement of the aging building and have complained about the poor conditions, including leaky pipes and mold. Police headquarters eventually will move to the new building, as well, but there s no timeline for that right now, City Manager Ed Zuercher said.
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911 operators for Phoenix police could soon have a new home. The city plans to buy the Wells Fargo Plaza located just east of City Hall.The 27-story building at First Avenue and Washington Street is expected to house multiple city departments, including police headquarters. Current headquarters at Sixth Avenue and Washington Streets are more than 45 years old with renovations
Arizona Supreme Court overturns law on capping restitution amounts
PHOENIX (AP) - On Tuesday, the Arizona Supreme Court overturned a state law limiting restitution awards for economic losses caused by certain criminal driving offenses that cause another person to be killed or seriously injured.
A 2006 law imposed a $10,000 cap on criminal restitution in those cases. On Tuesday, the higher court said that violated a right to prompt and full restitution under Victims’ Bill of Rights protections in the Arizona Constitution.
The justices upheld a Court of Appeals decision that reversed a Maricopa County Superior Court judge’s ruling that set a man’s restitution order at $10,000, down from the over $61,000 amount set by a Phoenix Municipal Court judge.