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NORTH LIBERTY — North Liberty residents will vote this fall on a 1 percent local-option sales tax that would direct a portion of the revenue toward a new fire station.

The proposed project, estimated to cost between $15 million and $18 million, calls for the city’s only fire station to be demolished and rebuilt. This comes after the fire department put plans for a second station on hold due to staffing concerns and structural inadequacies at the existing station.

The City Council has yet to make a formal decision on how the city will move forward on the fire station project, and construction likely would not be completed until 2026 or 2027.

Earlier this year, the North Liberty City Council a

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