FOLEY, Ala. — Although soil has yet to turn, plans for a fire station in Foley’s Glen Lakes subdivision are still in motion.

“We’re going through the rebidding process now,” Foley Fire Chief Joey Darby said in a recent interview.

That’s because earlier this year, he advised the Foley City Council to reject all of the submitted bids, which exceeded the project’s $600,000 budget.

“It came in a good bit over that,” Foley City Administrator Mike Thompson said in an interview.

So the arhitects are in the process of reworking the design for the structure.

“It will still maintain the original size and function,” Darby said.

As previously reported, a sign went up in July 2013 at the future home of Fire Station 3, which is situated at the intersection of County Road 20 and Fairview Drive.

Fire Station 3 is set to serve the Foley’s most populated subdivision that houses more than 500 residents. The endeavor was first brought to the City Council in June 2012 by Glen Lakes residents David and Sue Vosloh after they approached Darby about the possibility of donating land in the southwest Foley subdivision to the Foley Fire Department if a fully-manned fire station would be placed there. Darby brought the proposal to the Council, who authorized a survey of the land on which the future site sits.

Then in November 2012, Darby returned to the Council, explaining that Vosloh had been out of town and with his return, it was possible to move forward with the project. That move, he added, included survey revealed that the land in question was housed on two parcels of land and that only the southwest corner would be needed for the fire station.

In December 2012, Darby reported to the Council that he brought the venture to the Foley Planning Commission and continued work on the project found that 0.33 acre was needed for the fire station, adding that the land, which would draw on the Wolf Bay Watershed, was valued at $30,000.

The City Council then awarded David Adams of Adams Stewart LLC in Robertsdale the architect contract for the construction of the fire house at a cost of up to $43,000. The firm was selected for its experience in fire-station construction, which includes Bay Minette and Gulf Shores.

Upon completion, the Glen Lakes Fire Station is expected to staff nine full-time firefighters at a cost of $600,000 to the city. In addition, the venture could shave 10 minutes off the Foley Fire Department’s response time to the Glen Lakes area.

Both Darby and Thompson anticipate being able to award construction bids by this fall.

“I would assume by the end of August,” Thompson said.