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Fire Chief Gary Monahan appeared before Huntsville Council at its June 24 meeting to ask for permission for staff to engage in discussions with landowners about purchasing land for the future relocation of the current fire station on Payne Drive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monahan told council that more space is required to accommodate a growing staff and equipment. He also noted in his report to council that the station is located on the same property as a successful commercial enterprise that ships products on tractor-trailers from that location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Tractor-trailers regularly impede the response of apparatus as shown in the document attached. During winter conditions the Tractor-trailers have issues exiting Payne Drive onto Centre Street due to the grade. During morning drop off and afternoon pick up at the schools our volunteer firefighters are regularly delayed getting to the fire station because of traffic congestion from 2 school zones located on West Road and Centre Street. These traffic delays have had a negative impact on response times,” according to Monahan’s report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His report also noted that the building is sinking in one corner. Monahan told the council that with the amount of development the municipality is experiencing, land is slowly disappearing so finding an adequate property is becoming more urgent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Staff are requesting permission to engage in discussions with property owners to identify potential land for a future fire hall as there is limited choice for an ideal location to best service the residents. With development continuing to move north, the ideal location for a new station would be located in an area with easy access to Highway 60, Highway 11 and downtown and be approximately 3 acres in size,” according to his report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monahan noted that the 2019 Development Charges Study includes a provision for a new fire station sometime in 2028 at a cost of $2.25 Million but preliminarily estimates for the amounts proposed in the Development Charges update are approximately $9.6 million for the new building. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The Fire equipment reserve has a 2023 ending balance of $1.1 million for the replacement of existing fire capital, however this does not include any funds allocated for a new building. The ending amount of the Development Charges collected for Fire Services was $590,362 as at December 31, 2023,” according to his report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I think that’s a big demand on the Town [but] we have to have,” said Councillor Monty Clouthier. “This is a huge step for us, but I mean, we’re taking a lot of different big steps as a council, but I think this is one that we definitely, definitely need.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Huntsville Mayor Nancy Alcock concurred. “This is a preliminary first step, and I think it’s great that the chief has initiated this.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Councillor Helena Renwick wanted to know what would happen if land is not found. “I think it’s not if; I think we need to find land… I just think that we’ve outgrown the size of the fire station for our apparatus, for our staff, and the fact that we can’t get the volunteers into that fire station. It’s a need. We’ll have to find land somewhere,” said Monahan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Council voted unanimously in favour of giving staff the green light to conduct a preliminary land review and engage land owners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can find Monahan’s report, HERE<\/span><\/a> (pdf).<\/p>\n\n\n

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