$9.64 million measure gets thumbs up from 69 percent
MOSCOW — The vacant field north of Moscow’s Pape Machinery will be occupied by a new police station come 2021.
Moscow voters passed, with 69.28 percent approval, a 10-year, $9.64 million general obligation bond Tuesday to fund the construction of a new Moscow Police Department facility, according to initial results from the elections office. There were 1,723 votes in favor of the bond and 764 against.
The new $7.89 million facility will be located on the corner of South Main Street/U.S. Highway 95 and Southview Avenue. The bond will also cover the cost to remodel the existing police station on East Fourth Street to accommodate other city office needs, at $1.5 million, and the Paul Mann Building next to Moscow City Hall, at $132,043.
Although voters showed overwhelming support, the bond passed by just a little more than 2.5 percent since it required a two-thirds supermajority.
Moscow voters approve police station bond
MOSCOW – The vacant field north of Moscow’s Pape Machinery will be occupied by a new police station come 2021. Moscow voters passed, with 69.28 percent approval, a 10-year, $9.64 million general obligation bond Tuesday to fund the construction of a new Moscow Police Department facility, according to initial results from the elections office.