Town Says No To New Fire Station: Sudbury Special Town Election

SUDBURY, MA—Sudbury held a special town election on Monday, Dec. 11, to see if the town would support an exemption from proposition two and a half in order to construct a new fire station.

The town rejected the idea, voting 667 "no" to 509 "yes" to this $7 million dollar project.

The Special Town Election was held at two locations. Precincts 1, 1A, 2 & 5 voted at the Fairbank Community Center, 40 Fairbank Road, and Precincts 3 & 4 voted at the Town Hall, 322 Concord Road. The polls were open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. There were 1,176 votes cast, representing 9.4 percent of the town's 12,582 registered voters.

The sole question on the ballot:

"Shall the Town of Sudbury be allowed to exempt from the provisions of proposition two and one-half, so called, the amounts required to pay for the bonds issued in order to construct a new Fire Station #2 and appurtenant structures on Town-owned land, for site development, purchasing additional equipment, technology, furniture, landscaping, and all expenses connected therewith, including professional, engineering, and architectural services and preparation of plans, specifications and bidding documents, supervision of work, relocation, and borrowing costs and expenses?"

The Sudbury Fire Station number two was constructed in 1961, and today, does not meet the needs of a modern facility, according to experts.

Photo via town of Sudbury