VERGENNES RESIDENTS ON May 14 will vote on a $1.45 million bond to fund a new police station. Pictured is the latest working design for the building, which is more than 1,300 square feet smaller than and removes several rooms from the structure called for in the $1.85 million plan voters rejected on Town Meeting Day.
VERGENNES — As expected, Vergennes aldermen on Tuesday warned a May 14 vote for a $1.45 million bond to fund a new 4,611-square-foot police station on North Main Street, one that will cost taxpayers $400,000 less than the proposal that was narrowly defeated on Town Meeting Day.
The plan calls for savings of about $300,000 in construction costs over the initial proposal, mainly due to a building redesign that cuts out a little more than 1,300 square feet, but also due to savings on site development and land costs. The project cost is now roughly $1.55 million.
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