VINCENT city council is preparing to sell the old Angove Street police station, expecting more than $1.7million to help cover last year’s budget bungle.
The council bought the building from the cops back in 2009 after a proposal from Multicultural Inc to put in a wellness centre.
It was purchased at auction for $1.725m, but soon afterwards the Multicultural Inc folk said it was no good as its bus wouldn’t fit. It was leased out to mental health organisation Grow WA for four years.
Murmurs about selling part of it have been floating around for months, but the budget snafu means the whole site will be put up for sale.
Mayor John Carey says “in future if the City of Vincent needs to buy property for a purpose, that should be closely scrutinised: “It is a serious decision for any council to purchase a building… and in this case the City of Vincent bought a building that wasn’t fit for the purpose.”
by DAVID BELL
Perth Voice Interactive 
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