BROCKTON It s not every day that the city decides to spend roughly $100 million, but it especially bothered some people residents and elected officials that the funding was authorized without a hearing for residents to provide input. The comments, with all due respect, should have come before we voted on this, said Councilor-at-large Tina Cardoso. I think if we re in a position I said this before, I m going to say this again to borrow $100 million dollars, that s a lot of money. It s not every day that we vote on something like that, so I don t take it lightly.
The Brockton City Council on Monday evening voted to authorize up to $98 million for a combined public safety facility that will house the operations of the Brockton Police Department, Brockton Fire Department, Brockton Emergency Management Agency and the Brockton Information Technology Center. The building will replace a dilapidated Commercial Street police station and Pleasant Street s aging histori