Fire officials have said they would like to have the new station operational by mid-December.

The new station will be built on land next door to the old fire station. After that, the second phase of the project is to tear down the old station, and do the requisite landscaping there.

When the department defaulted on payments a pumper truck, valued at more the $200,000 was repossessed as well as the rescue truck.

The leasing company sued the rural fire department. But, in a counter suit Attorney Derick Allison claimed the fire firefighters were misled and did not understand the agreement that was signed.