Chaska City Manager Matt Podhradsky talks about the City Safety Center

Chaska City Manager Matt Podhradsky returns to the podcast to talk about the city’s brand-new $48million Public Safety Center, set to open in just weeks. Greg got a privatetour of the facility and sits down with Matt to unpack the full story — fromwhy the old buildings couldn’t keep up, to the historic Chaska elements builtinto the design, to the decontamination zones protecting firefighters fromcancer-causing carcinogens.
Matt explains how Chaska is transitioning its 165-year-old volunteer fire departmentto a modern duty crew model, why the police station built for 11 peoplecouldn’t serve 32 officers fielding 13,000 calls a year, and what the buildingimprovement program means for the city’s future — including a new municipalservices building and a downtown library.
They also talk about the real cost to homeowners ($8/month for the averagehousehold), how data drove the decision to build new rather than remodel, andwhat Matt hopes residents feel the first time they walk through the doors.
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