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Scotia voters approved $13.75 million in bonds to pay for the construction of a new two-story fire station and the transformation of Village Hall into a modern municipal complex, reports timesunion.com.

Talks about the new $8.75 million fire station became contentious at times, the report says, but the referendum passed 440-369. The passage means property taxes in Scotia for a home assessed at $100,000 would climb to $193/year over the life of the 24- to 26-year bond.

Officials say the additional taxes won’t arrive for a few years.

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Village officials say the next step is to formally hire H2M—the architects with whom the village has already been working—for the next phase of the project.

Fire station construction is expected to begin in spring 2023 and take all summer, then, the year after, the renovation work will begin, according to the report.

The new building will be a 13,970-square-foot station with 41 parking spaces and built on the current municipal lot on Mohawk Avenue, a couple doors down from its too-cramped predecessor.