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Fire chief outlines multi‑year Fire Station No. 2 relocation and apparatus savings in CIP presentation

Ames City Council · January 21, 2026
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Summary

The fire department presented a multi‑year relocation plan for Fire Station No. 2 on State Avenue, a project that staff said will span three fiscal years and aims to leverage leased land from Iowa State University; staff also described apparatus and rescue vehicle replacements and cost‑saving procurement methods.

Chris Higgins (identified in the transcript as "Chris Higgins, aims") presented the fire department's CIP pages and answered council questions. He described a multi‑year Fire Station No. 2 relocation and construction project on State Avenue, sited on land leased from Iowa State University. Higgins said schematic design is complete and the project is expected to break ground in about 10 months and take 12–14 months to complete, with a target…

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