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Fire chief requests bids to repair station floors; council asks for three quotes
Summary
The fire chief reported peeling and damaged floor coatings at three East Bethel fire stations and presented a quote for Station 2 of $18,830 (about $7.20/sq ft) from Volt; council asked staff to obtain three bids and return with options. The city’s facilities fund balance was noted as available.
East Bethel’s fire chief told the council that floor coatings at the city’s fire stations are failing and that the department has obtained a preliminary quote for the Station 2 apparatus bay.
The chief said Volt provided a quote of $18,830 to remove the old coating, repair concrete and apply a commercial coating to Station 2’s apparatus bay, an amount the chief described as approximately $7.20 per square foot. Volt’s system was described as carrying a 25‑year warranty. The chief said other quotes exist but some are older and would need to be refreshed.
The chief described the newer coatings as flexible commercial coatings that do not yellow like older epoxy and that flex with concrete movement. He said Station 1 has a different coating history and likely will require a separate estimate; Station 3 measurements and pricing are still pending.
The chief outlined two installation approaches: phase the work in halves so apparatus can remain onsite during work, or remove apparatus and have the vendor do the whole bay at once. The latter scenario showed a substantially higher per‑square‑foot figure in the chief’s example; staff noted a full-out price example of about $660 per square foot if all apparatus were temporarily relocated, and cautioned that that figure would need vendor confirmation.
Finance context: a council speaker noted that the city budgets $50,000 annually for facilities and that the facilities account currently holds roughly $500,000 — funds staff said could be used for maintenance projects such as floor coatings.
Council action: the council asked the fire chief to obtain three current quotes for coatings, present updated numbers for Station 1 and Station 3 and return at a later meeting with recommendations. A councilmember said, "How many quotes would you like to see?" The chief recommended three.
Why it matters: preserving apparatus‑bay floors helps extend building life and avoid far costlier concrete replacement; the repairs would use existing facilities funds rather than require a new appropriation at this time.
