The city manager in Columbia (MO) has included money for a new fire station and 12 new firefighters to staff it in the budget for next year, according to report published by 93.9 The Eagle.

Columbia city councilors are expected to look at the manager’s proposed $506-million budget at a work session on Saturday (Aug. 13), which includes the funding for a new fire station on land the city has already purchased for the station, according to the report.

The new station would be located in fast-growing southwest Columbia, according to the report.

Dexter (MI) City Council members have decided to put a proposition to spend $8.4 million to renovate or replace a fire station before the voters in November, according to a report published by Mlive.com.

According to the report, if voters approve the bond proposal, the money would be used to replace a 1955 fire station on Main Street that is “functionally obsolete.”

To pay for the new Station 1, the councilors decided to ask voters to spend an estimated $2 on every $1,000 of taxable value, according to the report, which added the matter will be decided during balloting on November 8.

There remains an issue on whether to fund a significant renovation to the facility or build a new one on property the city had previously purchased in 2019, according to the report.

Attempts to resolve that issue at a council meeting on Monday night failed after the members did not approve a resolution to settle on building a new structure, according to the report.

Councilors will have to come up with some sort of language for the ballot by August 16 to make the ballot, according to the report.

A new pumper has been delivered to the Salem (IL) Fire Protection District to replace a 35-year-old unit and is the first brand new apparatus the district has received in a dozen years, according to a report published by WJBD 92.1.

According to the report, the new apparatus will carry both firefighting and rescue gear and will help the community maintain its Class 3 Insurance Services Office (ISO) rating.

The new truck was financed with help from a USDA Rural Development loan which covered the approximately $650,000 price tag, according to the report. The purchase did not require any bonding as it was part of the operational planning, the report said.

Seagrave—Lake Mohegan Fire District, Mohegan Lake, NY, Force aerial quint. Marauder stainless-steel tilt cab and chassis; Cummins X12 500-hp engine; Waterous CSU 2,000-gpm pump; UPF Poly 500-gallon water tank; 100-foot aerial ladder. Dealer: Santo Curro, Hudson Valley Fire Equipment, Brewster, NY.

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