The proposed location of a new police headquarters building in Boca Raton, FL, near the Spanish River Library. (Photo: Boca Daily News)
The Boca Raton city council has approved a referendum to ask residents for $125 million to fund a new police headquarters, but some residents expressed uneasiness since the location won’t be decided until after the election.
The question will appear on the March 9, 2027 municipal election ballot, which will also feature races for two council seats. Voters earlier this year rejected a $175 million ballot referendum that would have funded a police headquarters adjacent to the Spanish River Library. The $125 million bonding would fund a new headquarters somewhere in town, with the price difference largely being linked to the construction of a building that serves present needs instead of the potential needs decades in the future, which was a facet of the failed effort last year…