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Community
New Public Safety Complex Gets Green Light from Plymouth Voters
By doNNa rhodes
to offset costs for the project in
PLYMOUTH – Town Ad-
compliance with the Municipal
ministrator Scott Wedon said
Finance Act (RSA 33), and to
after elections took place on
further negotiate and determine
March 10th, the final Town
the financial terms that would be
Meeting was held the next eve-
involved. The article also gave
ning, where 263 voters gathered,
approval for the Town itself to
where discussions and votes took
raise and appropriate the sum of
place on the rest of the 35 ar-
$205,012 as the first funding of
ticles on this year’s warrant,
this initial debt service payment.
nearly all of which were met
Requiring a three-fifths ballot
vote, the article passed 178-74.
with approval.
Leading off the meeting’s
“This has been a long time
warrant articles was a request to
coming,” said Wedon.
Thanks to the support of Plymouth voters, the first step in the construction of a new Public Safety building, raise and appropriate the sum
Over the last 18 months, the
which will accommodate the growing needs of both Plymouth Fire/Rescue and Police Departments, was
of $900,000 for the purpose
town has been busy planning
approved at this year’s town meeting.
and developing a combined fire
of buying land for a new pub-
tures other towns and communi-
a Community Room for large
rent police station, the property lic safety complex. In addition,
and police public safety building.
has easy access into downtown, ties have built. He said they want
meetings.
it called for the Selectboard to
They have traveled around the
Tenney Mountain Highway, and To come up with the
to make sure whatever Plymouth
be authorized in negotiating the
state, and even into Maine, to
decides on will be a building that
$900,000 land purchase costs,
all other major and more rural look at a few of the recent struc-
procurement of bonds or notes
will fulfill the town’s needs for 50
roadways in the community. Wedon said the town is look-
ing to buy property on N.Main
years and not be outgrown.
Now having the approval St., across from Fairgrounds
He added that they are look-
from voters, Wedon said they ing to build a place suitable for
will actually not be executing the Road, where there was once
a McDonald’s restaurant. Just
the needs of both police and
purchase until July 1st when the down the road from the cur-
fire/rescue personnel, as well as
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