After declining to purchase a former bank to house local law enforcement , Ocean City is expected to instead demolish its outdated police headquarters and construct a new facility for the department, officials said.

Mayor Jay Gillian earlier this month said city officials will proceed with forming a plan to construct a new police headquarters, using some or all of the $30 million that was set aside to refurbish the current building, a former schoolhouse on Central Avenue.

City officials have spent about 30 years exploring how to address the aging building, Gillian said.

Speaking moments after the City Council began its Oct. 9 meeting, Gillian shared an update on the topic, stressing that it is among the many issues that will shape Ocean City’s future. The mayor did not elaborate on a

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