Can Bolivar Come Over and Play?

With the newly built and opened EMS facility on Lucy Black Road in Bolivar in operation, Hardeman County is waiting on the City of Bolivar to occupy the south end.
At their monthly council meeting on January 14, city council members said that there were many issues that have to be resolved before any vote concerning funding of the building can take place.
A report from The University of Tennessee Municipal Technical Advisory Service, or MTAS, was submitted in December of 2018 that outlined the issues that some council members have with the building as a prospect for a city fire department.
The detailed report, which is 20 pages in length, points out issues with the construction of the building. Some issues include: the lack of a safe room in the building, the lack of floor drains, the durability of the bay floors where fire engines will be parked most of the time, and the lack of hose connections in the bay. There are more items of concern in the report, as well, and explanations for each of them.
As a step toward resolving the funding issue, the council appointed an ad hoc committee of Melvin Golden, Suzanne Rhea, Page Walley, and Todd Lowe to see to each of the areas of concern found in the report. Due to the experience of Bolivar Fire Chief Lynn Price, the committee has also requested his guidance as they move toward a resolved position.
In 2015, the city council voted to participate in the project to create a fire station annex in the building which was primarily proposed to create new facilities for the ambulance department. The building was officially opened in December of 2018.