City Council Second Monthly Meeting

SECOND MONTIILY MEI•TINC MAY 26, 2021 VOLUME 25 PACE 132 City Manager John Connet discussed the next steps in the process and stated there is a real advantage in going with a construction manager to allow bidding for materials now due to the market facing shortages. Council Member Jerry Smith clarified the process would take 8 months at most to begin construction. Council Member Dr. Jennifer Hensley inquired regarding construction of Fire Station 3 first, due to population projections and Council Member Smith clarified that the population density was not great enough to justify having a station in that location at that time. City Manager Connet commended Fire Department staff with planning of interim location and said this will allow staff to test the demand on the south side while in a temporary location. Fire Chief Miller welcomed the opportunity to build two stations but said in order for a new station 3 to operate it would need to be significantly larger to accommodate 11 staff members while station 1 is being built and said spreading forces about the city during construction would provide an opportunity to gather factual numbers about cost effectiveness and response times to south side while being financially prudent. Chief Miller further clarified a temporary building can be purchased and then relocated and repurposed for another use. 3. ADJOURN There being no further discussion, the meeting was adjourned at 6:02 p.m. upon unanimous assent of the Council. {f&a&kvcaXJJijf/L Barbara G. Volk, Mayor ATTEST: a £h d_ AngelaLJ'Reece, City Clerk L