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Town report estimates $25.6M—7.5M capital and $3.4M—.0M annual operations for initiative; council votes to receive analysis
Summary
Ross staff and consultants presented a California Elections Code (Section 9,212) report at the Jan. 8 council meeting concluding the Friends' ballot initiative would likely require new construction and cost $25.6M—7.5M in one-time expenses with $3.4M—.0M in added annual operating costs; the council voted 3-2 to receive the report and asked staff to return with options.
Town staff and an outside consultant team presented a California Elections Code Section 9,212 report to the Ross Town Council on Jan. 8, designed to analyze the fiscal, land-use and operational consequences of a ballot initiative proposed by Friends of the Ross Firehouse.
Susie Kim of RSG summarized the report's scope and principal findings. The report concluded rehabilitation of the existing structure was infeasible to meet the town's full public-safety program needs and observed that accommodating a fully staffed engine at the civic center would require either relocating other municipal functions or a new build. The written analysis placed the low-to-high range of total one-time costs at $25,600,000 to $37,500,000 and projected additional annual operating costs between $3,400,000 and $5,000,000 starting in year one, depending on whether the…
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