Voters will be asked to decide on two major spending items in referendums on the Nov. 7 election ballot: whether to build a new $44.75 million new police station and spend an additional $6 million to continue a citywide road improvement plan. The City Council in September voted to ask voters on the referendum ballot if they would authorize bonding $44.75 million for a 50,000-square-foot police headquarters that would include a community room, training classrooms, an emergency operations center, main desk, dispatch center, areas for the public, prisoner processing, detention and transport, an armory, parking and electric vehicle charging stations. Since the police station bond was placed on the Nov. 7 ballot, city leaders are restricted in what they can say about the project. State law prohibits any use of city funds, including staff time, to advocate approval or opposition to a referendum item.
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