"That number has been floating around in our CIP documents for the last three to four years.

The reason it changed was when we revised the space needs study in 2015, they identified a different size of building."

The City Council voted 5-0 to approve the schematic design at an Aug. 24 special meeting.

The increased cost would be covered by deferring other capital projects, such as some pavement improvements, to 2018, and refinancing capital project debt.

"We anticipate wrapping a combination of internal debt for city hall and the station into a bond and take the existing debt," Roland said. "The intent is not to have any impact on taxes."

"We should be able to pay back this building and that building combined," Mayor Myron Bailey added.

Bailey said the city has been receiving good interest rates the past few years, and is confident this refinancing rate will be no different. The rate is currently below 2 percent.

Before the renovations were underway there were firefighters sleeping and resting on one side of the dormitories and working out on the other side of the same room. With the new renovations, the area will all be sleeping quarters and a fitness area will be added on.

The firehouse will also see a new fire alarm and a separate area for storing used fire gear, that can continue to give off gasses. The total renovation is expected to be completed in April.

This is the third firehouse upgrade. Fire station 13 was upgraded in 2013, Fire Station 10 was renovated in 2015, and officials are already talking about upgrading Fire House 21.

At the same time, approximately 30 firefighters have been moved out of Station 1 in Church Hill to three other stations for mold concerns.

The crash remains under investigation.

The truck has no regular radio or air conditioning, but every feature works, including the strobe lights and the sirens. This truck is a true time capsule from the 1970s.