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Bedford council weighs several facilities options, agrees to seek voter feedback on March 10
Summary
Councilors debated four options for addressing town facility needs — build new fire stations and retrofit police space, prioritize town office and DPW upgrades, combine projects into a phased bond, or do nothing — and agreed to refine voter materials and gather input at the March 10 election.
Councilors spent the largest portion of the Feb. 25 meeting debating how to present facilities choices to voters and whether to include a nonbinding question or a set of ticketed options on the March 10 ballot.
Councilor LaVey, speaking for the facilities subcommittee, outlined four options: (1) build new East and West fire stations and retrofit 55 Constitution as a police station; (2) prioritize town office and DPW upgrades, including an upgraded highway garage to house DPW administrative offices; (3) combine options 1 and 2 into a single phased warrant with staggered bonds; or (4) do nothing and address problems as they arise. LaVey said the goal of the exercise was to use voter turnout on March 10 (expected…
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