The borough assembly is making a second try at winning voter support for borrowing money to start repairs at the water- and rot-damaged Public Safety Building.
Voters defeated a 2022 bond issue proposition by a 65-vote margin, 324-259.
The 2022 proposal was to borrow $8.5 million. The Oct. 1 municipal election ballot asks voter approval of a scaled-back plan to issue $3 million in bonds.
The borough also is hoping for a $2.4 million federal grant to add to the local funding, though that will require congressional approval and the House and Senate are far from reaching a deal on next year’s fed...
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