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 7^th 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