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Council debates phasing and funding for fire station remodel; asks for cost breakdowns
Summary
Council discussed a supplemental request to phase a fire-station remodel (bathrooms and an additional bedroom), but did not add it to the adopted budget. Members asked staff for separate cost estimates for each phase and suggested budgeting design funds first rather than a single $100,000 lump-sum.
Councilors spent an extended portion of the meeting debating a supplemental request to phase a fire-station remodel rather than approve it as a single lump-sum project. S1 introduced the concept and said the item was being brought for additional discussion and was not incorporated into the adopted budget. Council members asked repeatedly for dollar figures and for a clear ranking of priorities within the capital projects list before committing fund-balance resources.
S6 pressed for clarity on how adding $100,000 for the remodel would affect other capital priorities and asked to see a list that shows the council’s full set of projects and their relative rankings. S1 and other staff said the item had not been included in the adopted budget and that the supplemental request was intended to allow discussion and a phased approach; S1 said staff could put the phases into the budget and return with line-item numbers if the council wanted to proceed. Multiple council members suggested funding initial design and engineering estimates first so the city could get firm quotes for each phase before committing construction funds.
