The City Council voted 6-1 Monday night to purchase the Chelsea Groton Bank building on Main Street for $800,000 with a plan to seek voter support in November 2025 to renovate and expand the building for a new police station. After the hearing, Police Chief Patrick Daley said the architectural firm Hughes & Cronin of Old Saybrook has estimated the cost at $49 million to renovate and expand the building, the least expensive of three potential sites reviewed for the project. The design is expected to meet the department’s needs for the next 50 years, Daley said. Daley pledged to hold regular public meetings over the next 11 months to explain the project and receive public input on the plan before the planned referendum next November. He said the city also will pursue state and federal grants to offset the local taxpayers’ cost for the project.
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