The Bainbridge Island City Council decided Tuesday not to join the police and fire departments under one roof.

City officials have been talking with the Bainbridge Island Fire Department for more than a year about the possibility of a joint facility that would house both a new headquarters station for the fire department and a new police station to replace the city department’s outdated digs on Winslow Way.

The council also voted not to consider the Island Fitness property as a potential Winslow location for the new police department building.

In a 5-2 vote, the decision to take the joint facility off the list of possible sites comes after the council chose to delay the discussion at last week’s meeting to give time for more public input.

Councilwoman Sarah Blossom and Councilman Roger Townsend voted no.

Remaining on the list of possibilities for a new Bainbridge Island Police Department are:

Building a police station at a location north of city hall;

Building a police station/courthouse at a location north of city hall; and

Building a police station at the Visconsi property on High School Road.

According to a consultant firm’s study on a dual facility that was funded by both the city and the fire department, a combined police department and fire station would save taxpayers approximately $2.3 million, not including land costs. The cost of the combined facility was pegged at $15.3 million.

The council also decided unanimously Tuesday night to eliminate the location south of city hall, on the property that’s currently home to Island Fitness.

Bainbridge fire officials are expected to discuss the city’s decision at the commissioners’ board meeting later this week.