Avon stalls on joint safety facility

By John LaConte

AVON — The town issued a press release earlier this week saying the council was expected to approve a design for a new police station on Tuesday.Those expectations proved to be false, however, when — following hours of deliberation — the council tabled the effort after failing to come to an agreement with the Eagle River Fire and Protection District.As the two entities, Avon and the Fire District, negotiate terms on a complicated deal to create a joint public safety facility for both fire and police services, the major sticking point is the price of the land on which the …

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