The state Senate Finance Committee approved an application from Columbia County for $1 million in funding to help pay for renovations to a building the county plans to use as a new fire training center.
The county negotiated a purchase agreement last July with Almstead Realty Company, Inc. to buy 9.7 acres, with a two-story, 1,100-square-foot building, at 50 Grandinetti Drive for $840,000, which is less than the original asking price of $935,000.
The property will be used for emergency management purposes including a training facility for firefighters and emergency technicians, a centralized location to store equipment and vehicles, and office space for the county fire coordinator.
The county applied for the money, which will come from the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York, through state Sen. Kathy Marchione, R-43.