Salina Town Board discusses potential acquisition of Burdick Chevrolet property
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SALINA -- Salina taxpayers will have two chances to learn more about the town's plan to possibly acquire the Burdick Chevolet property on Old Liverpool Road and use it as a consolidated facility for its Town Hall and Highway Department.
The Salina Town Board will host two open houses to give taxpayers the opportunity to look over the Town facilities before the November 8th ballot referendum.
The first open house will take place on Saturday, October 22nd from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Salina Highway facility on Factory Avenue. The second open house will take place on Saturday, October 29th from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Salina Town Hall on School Road.
Salina Town Supervisor Mark Nicotra tells CNYCentral the Town Hall needs rehabilitating, and the Highway Facility needs to be rebuilt.
The estimated cost of the project is $5.9 million.
If the town consolidates the two and moves into the Burdick property instead of rebuilding the Highway Facility and doing rehab work on Town Hall, Nicotra says, it would save taxpayers about $2 million.
At its September 26 meeting, the board unanimously approved a resolution to have the acquisition placed on the November 8th ballot as a public referendum.
