The City of Belgrade has chosen to make temporary use of the Main Street building recently vacated by the Central Valley Fire District, rather than lease the property to an outside entity.
“We’ve had a number of inquiries from people interested in leasing it, but departments of the city approached me and said they could use this right now,” said City Manager Ted Barkley.
The availability of the building temporarily solves the Public Works Department’s need for heated shop space, Barkley said. The old fire station is ideal for parking snow removal vehicles and a street sweeper in a venue that is not only close to town, but also protected from the elements. The vacuum truck used for flushing out the sanitary and storm sewers also will be parked there, preventing the need to “de-winterize” it if it needed during the coldest months, Barkley said.