With an election on the horizon, a handful of Bella Vista residents have gotten together to distribute information and highlight the need for new police and fire infrastructure.
The city council has approved an ordinance calling for a special election on the questions of issuing bonds backed by a 1% sales tax to cover the construction costs of a new police department, a raze and rebuild of Fire Station 3 and a fire training facility, expected to be on the ballot during the March 3 primary election.
Bella Vista resident Billie Hall said that, after attending the Citizens Police Academy program, she became very aware that the Bella Vista Police Department needs a bigger and better space to work.
She co-chairs the Citizens Helping Improve Public Safety, or CHIPS group with Bella Vista resident and fellow citizen police graduate Dan Jeffrey.