New Public Safety Building
I am delighted to announce that after
accumulating impact fees over the past decade, the city is now
proceeding with the demolition of the former city owned buildings
adjoining Central Bank on Main Street to make way for the
construction of a long overdue Public Safety Building. This facility
will house our Volunteer Fire Department, our Volunteer Ambulance
Department and our Police Department. Having all of these critical
services together in one facility will be a big advantage to our
community. This new facility will allow Mapleton to centralize our
Emergency Operation Command Center in order to aid the community in
the midst of any city wide emergency situation.
This is a great step forward as part
of the City Council’s plan to upgrade and improve essential services
to our residents. The facilities are desperately needed to provide
proper equipment storage and training areas and of course a new
larger sized garage area with adequate space to store our Fire and
Ambulance vehicles, protective clothing, and other emergency
equipment.
There will be a ground breaking
ceremony at 6:30 pm on Tuesday, September 7th at the
property adjoining Central Bank to the south and the City Building
to the west. Everyone is invited to come and watch the wrecking ball
demolish these old buildings.
I have made one request to the
contractor during the construction process. If the weather
cooperates with us this coming winter, I have been promised that
Interwest Construction will do everything they can do to complete
the facility in time to allow the annual Fireman’s Breakfast to be
held in our new facility.
Thank you to everyone who has seen
this through. This facility has been a long time coming and should
serve the community for many, many years to come.
Mayor
Brian Wall
(801) 489-5655 ext. 105
mayorwall@mapleton.org