Calling the nearly 50-year-old home of the Union Grove-Yorkville Fire Department outdated, the two neighboring communities are considering spending more than $9 million to build a new fire station.
The project calls for replacing the existing firehouse with a new facility three times its size. It would be funded jointly by Union Grove and Yorkville taxpayers, although a voter referendum might be required in either or both villages.
Consultants are recommending the new fire station, after deciding that the current firehouse at 700 Main St. is deteriorated and antiquated. The consultants also have determined that building new makes more sense than trying to renovate the current facility. Just a year ago, a different group of researchers suggested merging Union Grove-Yorkville with the neighboring Kansasville and Rochester fire departments, as a way of pooling resources.