Mount Desert voters approved a $1 million bond for living-quarters renovations to the Somesville fire station.
Also approved was public funding for the Northeast Harbor EMS Service. Officials say by the end of 2023, at the latest, the fire department should assume full EMS duty.
“Shall the Town of Mount Desert be authorized to issue general obligation bonds or notes of the Town in a principal amount not to exceed $1,000,000 to finance professional and technical services (including project management services) and construction costs associated with improvements to the Somesville Fire Station located at 1157 Main Street in the Town of Mount Desert (the ‘Project’), with said improvements being made to accommodate anticipated staffing, storage and equipment needs of the Town’s fire department, and with said improvements to include but not be limited to incorporating new staff sleeping quarters, a day room, a new shower and bathrooms and public lobby and other fire, ambulance, furnishings, appliances and personnel needs identified during the design process, all as generally described and illustrated in the concept sketches, and further to authorize the Board of Selectmen to execute all things necessary or convenient to issue the bonds or notes of the Town, which may be callable, and to accomplish the Project?” the town writes on its website.
