Enterprise Dispatch

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Cost of Cokato fire and ambulance station increases by $83,443


COKATO, MN – A second change order was adopted by the Cokato City Council Oct. 16, concerning the new fire and ambulance station.

Last month, the council accepted the first change order after learning the following needs:

• A 6-inch gate valve is needed to replace an existing gate water service valve, $1,935;

• additional pavement is needed for the parking lot, $56,965;

• a window is needed to be added to one of the station’s rooms in order to provide “visibility of vestibule and patrons entering the building,” $991; and

• a coiling door is needed to be added to “create partition and isolation” for the meeting room, $6,396.

Further requested changes brought before the council Oct. 16 included adding a storm sewer and corresponding grading for the north parking lot; adding additional metal studs to the girt system; and removing an isolated bypass switch from the design.

Combined with those of the first change order, these alterations increase the station’s total cost to $1,970,443 out of its $2.9 million budget.

Read the full story in the Oct. 13 edition of the Enterprise Dispatch. Click here to subscribe to the print or online version.

The fire station is expected to be completed Friday, Dec. 15.

The fire station is expected to be completed Friday, Dec. 15.

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