HomeMy WebLinkAbout1979 09-25 New fire station will be separate vote question THE DISPATCH New fare station will be
separate vote question
Whether a$680,000 fire sta-
tion and a public works storage ®ple wood
building should be built in south
Maplewood will be presented as
separate questions for an upcom- c. `a
Q, ing November referendum,the
c City Council recently decied. .
Cl`, "THERE IS some concern that
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as a bond issue but a combina-
v tion might not fly and you'd lose
the fire station,"Councilman zi% z 1
Donald Wiegert. ". . . That's
f^ what we ought to do(separate
") the bond issues)and satisfythe
concerns of some people." Wiegert Evans
Earlier,City Manager Barry the proposed station would cut
Evans said those concerns come down the department's time re-
from the fire department,which sponding to alarms and improve
doesn't want the station rejected the city's fire insurance rating.
on a single referendum question
if voters might oppose the public Upon Evans'advice,the coun-
.works storage building. The fire cil will allow the selling of bonds
station and public works building for the projects,if approved by
are proposed for location at a the voters,at par(face)rather
'six-acre site at Lower Afton than discount value."This will
Road and Londin Lane. result in a bond issue of approxi-
City Fire Chief Al Schadt said mately$15,000 less,"he said.