City Council approved a measure to hire Slattery Tackett Architects to design the city's second fire station at its regular meeting Dec. 8.

The future fire station on Kingsland Boulevard will feature a three-bay pull-through facility with living quarters, sleep rooms and related support spaces. Additional facilities will include a training tower and other training facilities, officials said.

Voters overwhelmingly approved a $5 million bond for the city of Katy to expand its fire services in November. A total of $3.4 million of the bond will go toward the construction of the new fire station, with $1 million being spent on a new fire truck and the remaining $600,000 allocated to a new training tower and additional equipment.

Katy Mayor Fabol Hughes said he was eager to see the project get off the ground.

"This is something we've been looking forward to for a long time," Hughes said. "A new fire station is sorely needed on that side of town."

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