MONROE - A small, but necessary, step by the City of Monroe Plan Commission Wednesday kept the building of a west-side fire station on schedule.
The commission gave its approval Wednesday for the design of the proposed fire station, which will be located in the Honey Creek Business and Industrial Park.
Monroe Fire Chief Daryl Rausch presented the design and construction details.
The building will be built with steel studding and double-side steel panels filled with four inches of insulation, and will be almost fire-proof. The building will be equipped with a sprinkler system and alarm.
The exterior of the building will be faced with brick on the lower half and on the bell tower.
Rausch said the building will be a Energy Star building. Large windows and skylights will provide 30 percent of the day lighting throughout the building.
Construction is expected to begin in April, with a projected completion date of Oct. 15.
The City of Monroe Common Council voted Feb. 2 to accept construction bids on the station and award contracts.
Midwest Builders of Fennimore bid $376,987 for phase one of the project, which includes site work and the steel building.
Harmony Construction Management of Madison bid $258,000 for interior work, and J.F. Ahearn Fire Protection of Madison bid $18,922 for the sprinkler and fire alarm systems.
The project, including bids and a 7 percent contingency fund, stands at $14,000 under the projected cost of $900,000.
About $30,000 will go toward the cost of building plans, site plans, and permits; $43,000 will be used to purchase additional building equipment for the station.
About $24,000 will remodel one bay in the current fire station for office space for the police department. Much of the labor for remodeling the downtown station relies on police officers and firefighters volunteering their time and skills.
The remaining $3,000 is intended to pay for the bonding process, which will most likely start in March in Common Council, Rausch said.
On Dec. 2, 2007, the Public Safety Committee chose a 2.3-acre lot in the Honey Creek Business and Industrial Park, on West 17th Street at the corner of 4th Avenue West, as the proposed site for the new station. The city approved the site in 2008.
The fire department is not increasing the number of fire engines or personnel to support the west-side station.
The main purpose of the second station is to cut down on response time to the west side, Rausch said.
Calls to the west side have almost quadrupled in the past five years. From the time a call comes in to the dispatch center to when fire personnel arrive to the west side is about 13.5 minutes, more than twice as long as other parts of the city.
The commission gave its approval Wednesday for the design of the proposed fire station, which will be located in the Honey Creek Business and Industrial Park.
Monroe Fire Chief Daryl Rausch presented the design and construction details.
The building will be built with steel studding and double-side steel panels filled with four inches of insulation, and will be almost fire-proof. The building will be equipped with a sprinkler system and alarm.
The exterior of the building will be faced with brick on the lower half and on the bell tower.
Rausch said the building will be a Energy Star building. Large windows and skylights will provide 30 percent of the day lighting throughout the building.
Construction is expected to begin in April, with a projected completion date of Oct. 15.
The City of Monroe Common Council voted Feb. 2 to accept construction bids on the station and award contracts.
Midwest Builders of Fennimore bid $376,987 for phase one of the project, which includes site work and the steel building.
Harmony Construction Management of Madison bid $258,000 for interior work, and J.F. Ahearn Fire Protection of Madison bid $18,922 for the sprinkler and fire alarm systems.
The project, including bids and a 7 percent contingency fund, stands at $14,000 under the projected cost of $900,000.
About $30,000 will go toward the cost of building plans, site plans, and permits; $43,000 will be used to purchase additional building equipment for the station.
About $24,000 will remodel one bay in the current fire station for office space for the police department. Much of the labor for remodeling the downtown station relies on police officers and firefighters volunteering their time and skills.
The remaining $3,000 is intended to pay for the bonding process, which will most likely start in March in Common Council, Rausch said.
On Dec. 2, 2007, the Public Safety Committee chose a 2.3-acre lot in the Honey Creek Business and Industrial Park, on West 17th Street at the corner of 4th Avenue West, as the proposed site for the new station. The city approved the site in 2008.
The fire department is not increasing the number of fire engines or personnel to support the west-side station.
The main purpose of the second station is to cut down on response time to the west side, Rausch said.
Calls to the west side have almost quadrupled in the past five years. From the time a call comes in to the dispatch center to when fire personnel arrive to the west side is about 13.5 minutes, more than twice as long as other parts of the city.