The Richmond Fire Department is moving after 15 years at 201 E. Franklin St.

Fire Chief Melvin Carter and other senior staff have relocated to 730 E. Broad St., while other support functions are relocating to 1904 N. Hamilton St. in the West End.

The relocation plan has cleared a council committee and is expected to win approval from the full City Council at the next meeting on Monday, June 12.

The department has been clearing out its current rental home across 2nd Street from the Main Library that it has occupied since 2008. The department took over the space that the area Chamber of Commerce had occupied in moving from the decaying Public Safety Building.

The Hamilton Street location offers more office and warehouse space, according to information attached to the ordinance.

The Hamilton Street building, which sits on 1.8 acres of land, will allow the department to consolidate operations and store fire apparatus, gear, antiquities and other items now held in nine different locations, according to the ordinance.

The plan is for the new location to house the department’s logistics functions, the Fire Marshal’s Office, Inspections, Permitting and other operations, the council has been advised.

The city is taking a 15-year-lease on the Hamilton Street building on behalf of the department, according to the ordinance. The initial cost of the lease for the first 12 months is to run about $479,000, increasing by 3% each subsequent year, the ordinance notes.

While the cost is higher than the current lease, which expired Wednesday, the department will save $57,244 in yearly park- ing fees and eliminate other tenant charges, according to the information accompanying the ordinance.