Moscow residents will not vote on $10 million bond this spring

Moscow voters will not be asked this spring to vote on a $10 million general obligation bond for a new police station, fire equipment, streets and infrastructure, said Moscow Mayor Bill Lambert.

He made the remark at the State of the City address Wednesday at the Best Western Plus University Inn.

“We didn’t have all the information available that we needed to bring to the public and tell them exactly what we’re doing,” Lambert said.

He said he plans for Moscow residents to vote on the bond next year. The bond requires at least 66.7 percent voter approval for passage.

City Supervisor Gary Riedner told the Daily News in August that the preliminary estimated cost of a new police station is $5 million, all of which would be paid for with the bond.

Riedner said in August the bond would pay for three fire engines and one ladder truck and that the city would be able to make significant street improvements and some progress developing parks with the money from the bond. The bond would also address aging downtown infrastructure with a focus on intersections, Riedner said in August.

Lambert said the city will spend about $721,000 on street work this summer even without the bond, and that one aging fire engine will likely be replaced.