A project to modernize the Mahoning Valley Volunteer Fire Company is in the works.

Supervisors last week awarded a bid for the renovation project to F.J. Lesher General Contractor, Palmerton.

Lesher’s bid was broken up into two parts: $40,000 for flooring, and $19,500 for appliances.

One other company, R.C. Construction Associates Inc., bid $127,215 for flooring and appliances.

Fire Chief Mark Ebbert previously said the project will consist of redoing the fire company’s floor, social hall and kitchen.

Ebbert said the social hall floor is the original floor and had been the garage floor that had been used to house the apparatus.

He added that the kitchen appliances are fairly old as well.

The fire company received a Local Share Assessment grant in the amount of $66,319 in 2019.