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Council reviews corrected figures for new fire headquarters funding; suspension vote fails

5528010 · August 5, 2025
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Summary

Council members reviewed corrected ordinance language and financing for the new fire station headquarters, which now shows a $14,572,000 total authorization split between a $640,000 general-fund portion and $13,932,000 from the safety-services capital fund. A motion to suspend the rules to finalize payment failed.

Council members reviewed corrected ordinance language and updated funding for the new fire station headquarters on Monday, Aug. 4, as administrators said earlier paperwork and cross-references contained errors that needed to be fixed before final payment.

The City and Safety Services director told the City Council that an earlier amendment had referenced the wrong ordinance and the wrong fund. “I made an error when I reviewed the ordinances that we pulled together,” the director said at committee, describing a failure to cross-reference the ordinance that placed the project against the safety-services capital levy rather than the general fund.

The corrected ordinance…

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