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$15 million is set aside to move Fire Station 6

AI illustration: Bellevue Fire Station 6 on 132nd Avenue NE, a one-story station with a maroon-framed apparatus bay, in late-afternoon November light.
Bellevue Fire Station 6, 132nd Avenue NE. AI illustration of the real place, checked against street-level imagery, November 2026.

Council unanimously designated $15 million in long-range planning reserves to buy land for a new site for the aging station. It also backed $50,000 for the Neighbors Helping Neighbors utility bill help program and $100,000 for markets like the Bellevue Farmers Market, both part of the final budget vote. Council roundup

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