{"id":26454,"date":"2024-07-25T14:54:16","date_gmt":"2024-07-25T20:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/mancos-marshals-new-office-is-under-construction\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T23:39:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T05:39:59","slug":"mancos-marshals-new-office-is-under-construction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/mancos-marshals-new-office-is-under-construction\/","title":{"rendered":"Mancos marshal\u2019s new office is under construction"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The new Mancos marshal\u2019s office is under construction. (Photo courtesy of Walter Everett)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

A building is under construction for the new Mancos Marshal\u2019s Office at 131 N. Main St.<\/p>\n

Initially, the office was going to inhabit the old post office, but an asbestos abatement rendered it cheaper \u2013 and safer \u2013 to demolish that building.<\/p>\n

Construction is now happening where the post office stood, with a slightly larger footprint because of the garage, Town Marshal Justen Goodall said in an email.<\/p>\n

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Another view of the construction site at 131 N. Main St. in Mancos. (Photo courtesy of Walter Everett)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

The town board approved the roughly $1.3 million construction project at its meeting last summer.<\/p>\n

A grant from the Department of Local Affairs funded 75% of it, and the city is paying for the rest, Goodall said.<\/p>\n

Over time, as call volumes increased, the Marshal\u2019s Office outgrew its 1,000-square-foot building.<\/p>\n

The new, 5,000-square-foot building will have more space to grow into.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe built it for future,\u201d said Walter Everett of Mancos, the owner of Ground Breaking LLC, the company that\u2019s building the office.<\/p>\n

\"Mancos
Mancos Town Marshal Justen Goodall<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

\u201cIt\u2019s a large building, but Justen, the marshal, wanted to make sure that we didn\u2019t just build a building that would fit the needs of today, but would fit the needs of tomorrow as well,\u201d Everett said.<\/p>\n

There are five sworn officers now, and Goodall said he plans to expand to eight in the next five years.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe complexity of calls and higher stress incidents are leading to burnout and officers leaving their careers,\u201d said Goodall. \u201cWith more officers, I can put mental health for the officer at the highest priority. The easy mental health remedy is more vacation time to decompress from a stressful environment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Construction for the new office began in March and is projected to be done in a little over three months from now, in November.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverything has gone according to plan, there hasn\u2019t been any anomalies or anything that we\u2019ve discovered,\u201d said Everett. \u201cIt\u2019s going quite well.\u201d<\/p>\n

The new building will have a receptionist for public questions, three dedicated offices, an interview room, a squad room for officers, an armory, an evidence room and a three-car garage for its vehicles.<\/p>\n

Goodall said he\u2019s excited about the building running off solar power, with electric backup.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe goal is to have the building be green and not use fossil fuels,\u201d he said in an email.<\/p>\n

Whatever solar power the building doesn\u2019t use during the sunny months will feed into the energy grid, and the office will get a credit in return.<\/p>\n

Plus, putting the energy to the grid eliminates the cost and anti-green effect of lithium batteries, Everett said.<\/p>\n

All the work they\u2019re doing, they\u2019re trying to source locally.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy family homesteaded here in the late 1800s, and I\u2019m doing everything I can to only use local contractors,\u201d said Everett. \u201cSo far, for the subcontractors, that\u2019s all we\u2019ve been using.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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