The city of Bainbridge Island will focus its energies on building a two-story public safety building that includes not only a new home for the city’s police department but also space for a municipal court.

The project will include a police firing range on the property, as well, which will be built as a separate building to cut down on costs.

At its meeting Tuesday, the Bainbridge Island City Council asked city staff to abandon the one-story option for a combined police station and municipal court and instead refine plans for a two-story building on NE New Brooklyn Road.

The council voted unanimously to move forward on the project, and officials said they would now focus on the acquisition of the property before more detailed design work gets underway later this year.

Public outreach efforts for the project are expected to come this fall.

The cost of the new public safety building is expected to cost approximately $28.4 million.

That estimate does not include the cost of buying the property.