Alton, Iowa — The citizens of Alton will soon be going to the polls to vote on a bond issue for renovations and upgrades to the city’s fire station.
According to Alton Fire Chief Quintin Van Es, the Alton Fire Station is in need of expansion. But if all goes according to plan Alton citizens’ taxes won’t be going up.
Van Es tells us the plan.
He says that since it will have to go to a public bid, a bond vote will be needed. While there will be a bond vote, scheduled for this coming Tuesday, March 2nd, Van Es says it’s not like other bond votes where you vote whether you’re OK with your taxes going up. He says it will be paid through Local Option Sales Tax.
He tells us they don’t have an exact cost yet, but he says they hope to have it come in under the two million mark.
You can visit the Alton Fire & EMS Facebook page for more information.
Photo: Alton Fire Station Addition Artist’s Concept Drawing, courtesy Alton Fire Department
