Reading voters to decide on $27M levy for police and fire upgrades, stadium improvements

Reading voters to decide on $27M levy for police and fire upgrades, stadium improvements

Next week, residents in Reading will vote on a hotly debated bond levy to fund upgrades to the fire and police departments and Veterans Memorial Stadium.The levy is 5.89 mills, which would cost homeowners a maximum of $206 per $100,000 of their home's market value annually over the next 28 years.Mayor Robert Bemmes said the levy would fund a new building for the fire department and allow the police department to take over the current fire statio…