2025 09 08 Work Session Packet

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Agenda Item 
IV. B.  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. Future growth and the anticipation of 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  
(August version is attached).  
 
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. During 
that meeting, Council approved to continue the design process and allow Wold to bring back 
alternative designs that are less costly for the September 8, 2025 work session for consideration 
and the September 16, 2025 regular session for approval (September version is attached).  
 
Wold will attend the September 8, 2025 work session to present their alternative designs.  
 
If approved, this project would move into Phase II consisting of Wold preparing the actual 
construction documents, assisting 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 mid 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 construction expenses coming from the FY 2026-27 budget/use of 
reserves and/ or use of debt  and the annual operating expenses  coming from a property tax 
increase.  
 
Action to Consider 
Consensus is needed to item to the September 16, 2025 regular session for consideration.   
 
Affected Departments 
Fire Department 
 
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