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Wapello Fire Department replacement effort boosted by LOST revenue
Jim Rudisill
for The Hawk Eye
WAPELLO — A renewed effort to build a new fire station in Wapello received a financial shot in the arm last week from the city council, which agreed to transfer Local Option Sales Tax revenue to a capital improvement fund that could be used for the station’s construction.
Fire department and city officials have been trying for years to develop a plan to replace the current, nearly 50-year-old structure, but have been stymied by financial and other reasons.
A $1.7 million bond referendum was defeated by voters in 2017, although city council members at that time said residents they had talked with supported a new station, but not at that high of cost.
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