Before it can reopen, Quincy fire officials uncovered a problem at station six that needs to be dealt with.
At Quincy City Council Monday night, aldermen approved paying $4,700 to clean up mold at the fire station. Fire officials say with no air conditioning running in the building last summer, mold developed on tables and the carpet. Officials want to get it cleaned before anyone starts to operate it.
"Unfortunately, we tried to keep costs down with the building sitting empty and didn't run the air conditioning last summer,' Deputy Fire Chief Steve Salrin said. "No air movement and that kind of thing took it's toll. Trying to keep costs down kind of backfired on us."
Salrin says two firefighters should be hired by mid July, with station six opening around August 1.
Also at Monday's meeting, council approved using $13,000 to buy eight sets of gear for the fire department, paying $174,000 for enhancements at Quincy landfill #4 and selling a fix-or-flatten home at 223 Locust for $1,500.