You will likely see another iteration of a new public safety building in the City of Algoma after voters voted down a referendum for the second straight spring election. On Tuesday, the vote was 423 (42%) yes to 583 (58%) no for the $3.7 million referendum, which was not a whole lot different than last year when over 60 percent of voters voted against a new facility located on Sunset Avenue that would have housed the city’s police, Fire, and EMS departments. City Administrator Matt Murphy felt much more confident heading into this election after about $2 million and several thousand square feet were trimmed from the original proposal. Murphy accepts the results but knows the problem is not going away either.
Work towards creating a Plan C approach will likely begin when the Algoma City Council has its next meeting on May 1st at 6 p.m. inside Algoma City Hall. The result was an anomaly in the area as three referendum questions in Door County were approved overwhelmingly.
