Fairfield Township holds first reading on $2.5M Fire Station 211 repairs; approves fire and police levies for May ballot

Fairfield Township Board of Trustees on Tuesday held a first reading of a proposal to renovate Fire Station 211 and approved separate measures to place a fire levy and a police levy on the May 2026 ballot.

The administrator and consultants presented a renovation scope for Fire Station 211 that included an estimated base repair cost of about $2,464,043, plus recommended alternates totaling roughly $130,005.67 and an estimated $100,000 to replace the station’s alerting system. The administrator also noted backup material showing a contract package with a base not-to-exceed figure of $2,400,000 plus alternates listed at $130,567.89 (total cited in backup: $2,594,610.89). The board kept Resolution 26-07 as a first reading to allow further review of…