The grant of $83,905 covers 95 percent of the total estimated cost of the installation of a fire sprinkler system, according to a news release. The city is responsible for the remaining  5 percent of the cost, about $4,195.  

The grant was awarded to the fire department with support from Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Illinois; Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois; and U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren, R-Plano, the release said.

Councilors scheduled the workshop after discussing a report from the Fire Station Task Force on Sept. 4.  

The report included a preliminary floor plan and budget for the proposed $13 million, 30,000-square-foot building. Including land acquisition costs, the project would total $15 million, according to the report.

But according to a memo from Town Manager John Eldridge to the council, the town’s 2018-2019 Capital Improvement Plan estimated the total cost for the project would be about $9 million.

Although Councilor Jane Millett, a member of the Fire Station Task Force, said the CIP estimate was a “wild guess,” Eldridge said “a large design fee” and contingencies drove up the projected price.