Morris Residents Hear Details on Fire Station Proposal
By TERESA WINCHESTERMORRIS
Approximately 80 Morris residents attended a public meeting held by the Morris Fire District on Thursday evening, November 13, regarding a proposed new fire station—a 9,100-square-foot facility to be built one-half mile east of the Morris stoplight, at 2028 State Highway 23. The cost of the project would be $5,983,000.00. Commissioners of the Morris Fire District have been working with the Syracuse-based firm Hueber-Breuer on a feasibility study for the proposed new facility for more than one year. Hueber-Breuer will not be a bidder to build the new fire station should the referendum pass.
The vote will take place on Tuesday, November 18 from noon to 9 p.m. at the Morris Fire Station. All registered voters within the Morris Fire District, whether renters or property owners, are eligible to vote and should have received a letter informing them of the meeting.
At Thursday’s public meeting, Sean Foran, Hueber-Breuer’s vice president of fire protection services, narrated a PowerPoint presentation lasting approximately one hour. He answered a few questions from the public during the presentation and then spent another hour answering further questions about the project.
