After considering more than a dozen possible sites, the Chehalis city council agreed Monday to place an emergency fire station on Arkansas Way, between Walmart and Home Depot, and formally declared an emergency that assigns contracting authority to the city manager.
City staff, specifically City Manager Jill Anderson and Public Works Director Trent Lougheed have been in the process of analyzing 15 possible locations for an emergency fire station and after presenting the most promising three options, the council selected and are moving forward with preparing the city-owned site on Arkansas Way.
“In looking at all 15 sites, there is no ideal site. Each site has issues that we need to overcome. What we are doing now is looking over the lesser of the evils, shall we say,” said Lougheed when addressing the council regarding the emergency fire station location.