The owners of the old police station in Cumberland Mills have found a buyer for the building and have approached the city seeking to amend the deal they made with the city when they purchased it.

On Monday night, July 11, the City Council is expected to discuss the issue at its regular meeting.

Mayor Bruce Chuluda said the owners of the building, Paul Gore and Joe Mazzone, who also own Port City Graphics, a printing business located in the Dana Warp Mill, have asked to make some changes to the deal they made with the city when they bought it last August.

Chuluda declined to say what the owners want to change in the agreement. He said the council would likely discuss it in a closed session.

Mazzone also declined to comment on the potential sale of the building or his and Gore’s negotiations with the city.

The building is currently listed with CB Richard Ellis/The Boulos Company. A listing for the building on the company’s Web site said the building is currently under contract to be sold, and lists an asking price of $950,000.

Gore and Mazzone purchased the building from the city last August for $450,000. At the time of the sale, they had presented a proposal to the city saying they planned to move their business into a portion of the building and use the rest of the building as a small business incubator, providing office space to small businesses.

At the time of the sale, the city did not get a formal appraisal to determine the building’s value. In November, Frank O’Connor of the Dunham Group said he gave the city a “broker’s opinion of value” on the building. While not as detailed as a formal appraisal, O’Connor said, based on his research of other comparable properties in the area, he felt $550,000 was an accurate value for the building.

The city reached an agreement with Gore and Mazzone to sell them the building for less than the value, provided they invest an additional $250,000 in the building or add at least 5,000 square feet of new construction in the next three years. If those conditions were not met, Gore and Mazzone agreed to pay an additional $100,000 to the city to bring the purchase price up to $550,000. The City Council voted, 5-2, in favor of that agreement, with Councilors John O’Hara and Brendan Rielly casting the dissenting votes.

In November, Gore and Mazzone decided to put the building on the market. At the time, they said they had received an unsolicited offer for the building and even had the building under contract to be sold.

The decision to put the building on the market raised the ire of city administrators and councilors, who said the decision to market the property represented a breech of faith by the new owners.

“Opportunities come down and I understand that,” said City Administrator Jerre Bryant in November. “It’s another thing to be actively marketing it and seriously breaking faith with the City Council.”

Gore and Mazzone countered by saying they initially explored the possibility of putting the building on the market after Bryant told them there was a South Portland construction firm interested in the property. “As good business people, we followed up on it,” said Gore in November.

When that deal fell through, they decided to investigate whether there was any other interest in the building. The building has remained vacant and on the market ever since.

The City Council is scheduled to discuss this issue at its next regular meeting this Monday night, July 11, at 7 p.m. in room 114 of Westbrook High School.