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BY SAMANTHA DOUTY & ALEX REECE
Officials start designs for Celina Fire Station No. 4 Plans to build a fourth fire station are underway in Celina. Celina City Council members approved a $726,000, 12-month contract with Conduit Architecture Design LLC to design the new station during a June 11 meeting. It will be the city’s first of several planned fire stations located east of Preston Road and will provide additional coverage for east Celina residents, officials said. Conduit has designed multiple stations for other North Texas cities’ fire departments, including stations 8, 9, 10 and 11 in McKinney, according to a meeting presentation. “They are well-versed and experienced in build- ing fire stations,” Celina’s Director of Engineering
Celina continues storm recovery
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While city leaders, city staff and first responders worked around the clock during the late May storms, there is still more to do, Celina Fire Chief Mark Metdker said. “Recovery is truly a marathon, not a sprint,” he said. What comes next The city will continue to help residents with the ongoing recovery process and cleanup, City Manager Robert Ranc said. Prairie Meadow Lane, which is where the tornado hit, is located inside Celina’s extraterritorial jurisdiction and under the county’s responsibility. Council member Wendie Wigginton recommended city staff look into reimbursement from Collin County for the city’s services like clean up efforts during the storm. “It just seems fair that we ought to be able to bill the county for the services,” Wiggin- ton said.
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said. The fire station’s construction contract has a $7.2 million budget and should take a year to finish, according to a meeting presentation. Construction should start once final designs are approved next year. Zooming out Mayor Ryan Tubbs said the new station has a different architect than the firm that designed Celina’s Fire Station No. 3, which “set the bar really high” when it opened April 4. Glasgow said it should not be an issue as most fire stations have the same base components and should not look too different than the city’s existing stations. Prosper allocates $300K for Fire Station No. 4 Prosper Town Council members approved a $342,300 increase for architectural and engineer- ing design services for Fire Station No. 4 during a
Andy Glasgow said. About the project
Fire Station No. 4 will be located at 1205 Punk Carter Parkway next to the Celina Police Head- quarters, turning the intersection into a 23-acre emergency services campus. Campus plans were approved in 2021, Glasgow
Celina officials name fire chief finalists Celina officials have narrowed their search for a new fire chief to five finalists. The search for a new Celina Fire Depart- ment chief comes after Fire Chief Mark Metdker retired in June. A community meet and greet was held on June 26 for residents to meet the five finalists. The details The five finalists include: • Robin Bergerson, executive deputy fire chief, Waco • Chris Connealy, senior director of emer- gency services (ret.), Williamson County • Eric Everson, assistant fire chief, city of Celina • Adrian Garcia, fire chief, city of Mission • Les Stephens, fire chief, city of San Marcos
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May 28 meeting. About the project
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Fire Station No. 4 is set to break ground in late 2024, according to a meeting presentation. It will be Prosper’s first fire station east of Coit Road. “This station will be ... strategically positioned to serve the eastern part of our town,” Fire Chief Stuart Blasingame said. The breakdown Council members originally approved a $608,380 design agreement with Brown, Reyn- olds, Watford Architects to design the fire station in November 2021. Unexpected price increases and postponements is what led BRW Architects to request the addi- tional funds, according to meeting documents.
• November 2021: Council approves a $608,380 design agreement based off a $4.6 million construction estimate. • June 2022: Council approves an agreement with Pogue Construction. • August 2022: Council sees early designs. • January 2023: Council sets the project price at $10.21 million and postpones project to October 2023. The town has $1.65 million in unallocated public safety bond funds for the additional project cost, according to meeting documents.
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