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Town of Beloit to study new fire station

By ANN MARIE AMES ( Contact ) Monday, December 1, 2008 - 9:37 p.m.

Beloit Township--The Beloit Town Board voted Monday night three to one to approve a contract with Angus Young Architects of Janesville to design a seven-bay station behind the current station No. 1 at 2445 Afton Road.

The contract is not for construction but for design of a potential 20,000-square-foot building with offices, living and sleeping quarters and storage space.

The board voted not to make any improvements to station No. 2 at 1143 Inman Parkway.

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sth5261415
Dec 2, 2008 at 3:56 p.m.
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hey "daddy", Have you seen the condition of the current station. Its not exactly in tip top shape. Also the community is outgrowing its rescources and this is a step in the right direction. I bet if you needed them for some reason you wouldnt consider the costs of having them and the equipment around a form of Blowing the revenue...
PS. Maybe you should watch your driving a little better and you wouldnt recieve so many "asinine" citations. Slow down big guy.

Sconnie
Dec 2, 2008 at 3:05 p.m.
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How about putting this out for a vote to the taxpayers? Spending $200,000 or so to create this project (design fees) is a way to say "we have made a significant investment in this and can't turn back now." Previous estimates called for a 20% plus tax levy hike to build this fire station. Put that vote to the taxpayers and see how they feel about that in this economy.

paisleysdaddy
Dec 2, 2008 at 2:49 p.m.
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Just something else the town of beloit can blow all that extra revenue on. No wonder they hand out so many asinine citations.

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