Kalona approved $20,000 of funding for the Kalona Volunteer Fire Department in Monday’s city council meeting. The funds will be used to help replace the department’s aging air packs. Total cost of replacing the packs will be $120,000. On top of this money from the city, the department will add $40,000 of its own money. With half of the funds raised, the department plans to request a $60,000 grant from the Washington County Riverboat Foundation to cover the rest of the cost.