Commission adds $3 million state appropriation to CIP for new fire station

The City Commission voted to amend its Capital Improvement Plan to include a $3,000,000 state appropriation earmarked for a new fire station and then approved Resolution 2026-12 as amended.

City manager (speaker 8) requested the addition and explained that the appropriation arose from state funding tied to the fire-station project. The commission debated insertion into the CIP and then approved an amendment to specifically add the $3,000,000 allocation. "The $3,000,000 allocation for state appropriation needs to be added to the CIP," a commissioner said during the motion to amend.

The amendment passed on roll call and the amended resolution was approved. Commissioners directed staff to reflect the grant separately in budget documents and to provide clarifying details on which line items and funds will carry the project through design and construction phases.