The Town of Freedom will move forward with building a new Fire and EMS Department. The town clerk says 337 people voted in favor of building the new fire station, while 265 voted against it.
Votes were cast at a special town board meeting Wednesday night.
Before casting their vote, people had one last chance to view the plans for the $3.9 million facility. The original cost of the building was more than $5 million.
“We really think we've done our diligence at trimming the cost, adding some design efficiencies, getting us down to a much lesser amount,” said Fire Chief Mark Green.
Currently, the fire department is connected to the town hall and one of the many issues the fire department cites is the lack of space.