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Village Board accepts location of New Fire Station

9/19/2014

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The location of a new Richfield Fire Station was one of the items on the September 18th Village Board agenda. After discussion the board agreed and approved that the new fire station would be located on the current village property along Hubertus Road. The building would be west of the village hall.
In late February of 2014, the Village received a formal petition from the Richfield Volunteer Fire Company to work in concert with the Village to hire a consultant to perform a Site Facility Assessment. The study was to be built upon the 2005 Fire Company Audit recommendation prepared by McGrath Consulting which indicated a "partnership with the Village (Town)" should be formed and that the optimal location for providing fire and EMS services to residents would be at a site "in close proximity to Town Hall".

Therefore, the purpose of the 2014 study was to build upon the assumptions and recommendation from the 2005 McGrath study and determine the best placement for a centralized headquarters at the Village Hall campus. In April, the Village Board approved the request of the Fire Company and hired Kunkel Engineering Group out of Beaver Dam to perform the study. On July 17th the Village Board held a special meeting in order to hear a presentation from Kunkel Engineering Group President Craig Kunkel on the results of his findings.

From the Richfield Volunteer Fire Company's perspective the study essentially looked at two options: 1) constructing an independent fire station and 2) building a fire station attached to the existing Village Hall. The Village's recently adopted 2014 Comprehensive Plan Update, Chapter 11: Community Vision and Implementation, states that it is expected for the Village Hall to be renovated or expanded sometime between the years of 2024-2028. At that time the Village Hall will be approximately 50 years old.

While the Village has no plans to improve the existing Village Hall, other than routine maintenance, it was determined that planning efforts should at a minimum consider the feasibility and potential cost of connecting to a proposed independent fire station on campus, so a third alternative was created. 

The costs for each option range between:
Option No. 1 — $3,400,000.00 - $3,800,000.00
Option No. 2 — $4,500,000.00 - $4,900,000.00
Option No. 3 — $3,600,000.00 - $4,100,000.00

Based upon the analysis, it was recommend the Village of Richfield consider adopting either Option No. 1 or Option No. 2 to facilitate construction of a new fire house with facilities to meet the Company's needs (i.e.: overnight sleeping facilities, etc.). Moreover, the recommendation would include additional planning and site investigation work as a precursor to site development as a means to ensure what is built best meets the future needs of the Fire Company and that the proposed location will not negatively impact construction of the facility or subsequent additions.

A copy of the Kunkel report can be found within the September
18th Village Board Packet on the
village web site.


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