2025 8 19 Work Session Packet website

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Agenda Item 
XI. A.  Design and Construction of Fire Station #3  
 
Overview 
The City Council authorized the City Manager to begin planning for the design and future 
construction of an additional fire station on Elizabeth Street during the January 21, 2025 regular 
session. Based on that directive, a RFQ was prepared and distributed, Wold Architects were 
hired on May 20, 2025, several design meetings were held with Fire Department staff , and a 
floor plan, site plan, renderings, construction cost estimate, and annual operating costs have been 
prepared. The anticipation of a future ambulance service has been incorporated into the plans.  
 
Wold attended the August 11, 2025 work session and presented their design and cost estimates 
for the new fire station construction and city staff present ed estimated annual operating costs  
(attached).  
 
If approved, this project would move into Phase II consisting of preparing the actual construction 
documents, assist ing with bidding and bid evaluations, and providing construction 
administration for 6.5% of the final construction cost. The construction documents  prepara
tion 
schedule would be about six month s, and the construction schedule would be an additional 10 
months. If all goes well, a new fire station could be operational during early 2027 in time for the 
delivery of the new fire truck anticipated during late 2027 or early 2028.  
 
The FY 2025- 26 approved Capital Improvement Fund budget contains $3,200,000 for this 
project with the remaining expenses coming from the FY 2026-27 budget and/or use of debt.  
 
City staff are also working on the city hall renovation project . If that project is to go forward, 
these two projects, if performed at the same time, would need additional funding sources beyond 
the Capital Improvement Fund such as new debt, property tax increase, or a combination of both. 
 
Following discussion during the August 11, 2025 work session, the consensus was to place this item on 
the August 19, 2025 regular session under New Business for further discussion.  
 
Action to Consider 
Motion, second, and majority vote are needed to continue the design process and bring back 
alternative designs that are less costly for the Sept. 8, 2025 work session.  
 
Affected Departments 
Fire Department 
 
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