Monday night a member of the Superior Fire Department spoke to the Superior City Council and told about the need to address the budget and the need for new equipment and adequate space to house that equipment.

Since the current Public Safety Building was built about 50 years ago, equipment has grown in size and the prices have skyrocketed. Levi Gunn, the department's treasurer said the city and the department needed to develop multi-year plans for the replacement and maintenance of equipment.

Forty years ago, in the summer of 1981, members of the Superior Fire Department were proud to add anot...