HomeMy WebLinkAboutEmergency Services Committee Minutes 09.23.2009EMERGENCY SERVICES MEETING
SEPTEMBER 23, 2009
MEMBERS PRESENT: DOUG POEHLS, PAT KIMMET, DICK FRITZLER,
CHUCK DICKERSON, NORM STAMPER
STAFF PRESENT: CHIEF MUSSON, DEREK YEAGER
PUBLIC COMMENT: NO PUBLIC PRESENT
1. FIREHALL REVIEW - PRESENTED BY DEREK YEAGER
DEREK HAS BEEN LOOKING AT DIFFERENT WAYS TO ADDRESS THE
FIREHALL ISSUE.
HE HAS COME UP WITH SEVERAL WAYS TO REDUCE THE COST OF A
NEW FIRE HALL AND WANTED TO KNOW IF THE COMMITTEE WOULD LIKE
HIM TO CONTINUE PURSUING THESE IDEAS.
A. NEW LOCATION - COULD BE ON RAILROAD PROPERTY BETWEEN
THE TWO GRAIN ELEVATORS ON MAIN STREET. THIS WOULD
REDUCE PROPERTY PURCHASE COST FROM $400,000 TO A LEASE
FROM MRL.
B. DIFFERENT BUILDING MATERIALS - GO FROM A COMPLETE BRICK
BUILDING TO A STEEL BUILDING WITH JUST A BRICK FRONT.
C. CHANGE THE FOOTPRINT - BASICALLY CHANGE THE FOOT PRINT
OF THE BUILDING TO BETTER FIT LOCATION AND TO SERVICE A
COMBINED AMBULANCE AND FIRE DEPT. NARROWER SPACE AND
A SQUARE FOOTAGE OF ABOUT 25,000.
POSSIBLE ESTIMATE OF COST FOR NEW BUILDING WOULD BE $2
MILLION. WITH ANOTHER $.5 MILLION FOR UPDATES ON THE OLD FAP
COMPLEX AFTER NEW BUILDING IS OCCUPIED.
COMMITTEE AGREED THAT CHIEF YEAGER SHOULD CONITINUE TO
WORK ON THESE IDEAS. LOOKS LIKE A VERY REALISTIC APPROACH
TO THE PROBLEM OF A NEW FIRE HALL.
MEETING ADJOURNED
RESPECTFULLY SUB ITTE ,
DOUG POEHLS, CHAIRMAN