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Gallatin agrees memorandum to use National Guard armory site for new Fire Station 1 and training tower
Summary
Council authorized an MOA with Tennessee Military Department to place a new Fire Station 1, training tower and related support on a portion of the National Guard Armory site; city must improve exterior parking/ storage for the Guard and property will revert to the state if no longer used as a fire facility.
The City Council Committee authorized a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the Tennessee Department of Military to locate a new Fire Station 1, a headquarters training tower and motor-vehicle storage on a parcel adjacent to the National Guard Armory.
City staff and Fire Chief Beeman explained the move as a long-term response to an aging Fire Station 1 that has reached the end of a typical 50-year building service life and is constrained for expansion. The proposed new station site — a portion of state-owned National Guard property near Old Airport Road and Hartsville Pike — would allow Gallatin to relocate Fire Station 1 further east…
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