Police need a whole new builing. Its over 100 years old. Was never designed as a police station. Literally falling apart on the inside
If we as a city decide on this, the Police and Fire need to be together. It's the way of the world now. Saugus and Wakefield have already gone this route (among others). It saves money, Instead of two buildings to erect and to care for, you just have one. Although I don't know what we would do with the other two smaller fire houses. Maybe get rid of one? Melrose has 30,000 people and 3 fire houses, Malden has 60,000 and only 4 fire houses. I love our Fire Fighters, but why the heck do we need 3 fire houses? A better comparison would be Wakefield at 25,000 people, and they have two fire houses, which would be perfect here as well.
Melrose has 3 fire stations - Wakefield is 10 square miles while Melrose is only 4.8 square miles.
The number of fire stations we have is a good point. If we went from three to two, we wouldn't cut costs by 1/3, but certainly could cut 1/4 of the budget.
I agree with all of you, but under a froto baggins administration I wouldn't trust an override. Somehow we'd all vote to pass the public safety override and he'd use the money for the schools or something else. This guy can't be trusted.
There is no chance the people on this site would ever support an override for new public safety facilities. It doesn't matter who the Mayor is, what the condition of the facilities are, or what the plan might be.
There is no chance the people on this site would ever support an override for new public safety facilities. It doesn't matter who the Mayor is, what the condition of the facilities are, or what the plan might be.
Override for a new public safety building would pass with more than 75% of the vote. People are sick of the school nonsense, not the cops and firefighters.
There is no chance the people on this site would ever support an override for new public safety facilities. It doesn't matter who the Mayor is, what the condition of the facilities are, or what the plan might be.
Override for a new public safety building would pass with more than 75% of the vote. People are sick of the school nonsense, not the cops and firefighters.
It would pass and it should pass. Every single person in the town needs public safety. Not everyone needs the schools. Agree with reducing the number of fire stations and combining police and fire. Good ideas.
There is no chance the people on this site would ever support an override for new public safety facilities. It doesn't matter who the Mayor is, what the condition of the facilities are, or what the plan might be.
Override for a new public safety building would pass with more than 75% of the vote. People are sick of the school nonsense, not the cops and firefighters.
Schools have had chance after chance. Time to give the police and fire the respect they deserve.