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6-03-2025 8:49pm
Westwood Residents Vote to Put Brakes on Funding New Fire Station 1 (UPDATED)
Darlene Cancell
Editor
The majority of Westwood voters have voted "no" on the sizable property tax increase proposed to fund the construction of a new Fire Station 1, according to the announcement made by Westwood Town Clerk Dottie Powers, about half an hour after the close of polls for Westwood's 2025 Special Election, held at Westwood High School's gymnasium on Tuesday evening, June 3, 2025.
On the question of whether the town should allow a debt exclusion, so that property taxes may be imposed to raise funds for FS1, in excess of the limitations imposed by state law under Proposition 2 1/2, Westwood voters answered in the negative.
There were 1,056 votes in favor of the question, and 1,236 votes against it, said Ms. Powers.
"This ballot question did not pass," she stated, definitively. Her short announcement lasted just seconds via Westwood Media Center's broadcast, around 8:35 p.m. on Tuesday evening.
Image capture from Town of Westwood website, Current Election Information, Unofficial Election Results. Eighteen percent of registered Westwood residents voted, with 46 percent in favor and 54 percent against, on the question of whether to fund construction of a new Fire Station 1 via property taxes that would exceed state limitations under Proposition 2 1/2.Updated 6/4/2025 at 10:11 a.m. The chart of unofficial election results has been added to this article.
