Randolph — Town officials have called for a bond vote next month when Vermont holds its statewide primary elections, asking voters to approve borrowing up to $2.4 million to build a new fire station in Randolph Village.

The Selectboard in June unanimously approved putting the measure on the ballot to replace the station at the corner of Routes 12 and 66 that was destroyed last September in a fire.

The new building would have five bays and cover about 8,000 square feet, roughly double the size of the previous station, which dated back to 1971.

“It’s about twice the size of the old building because of requirements for space for the engines and space for training and rest rooms that were not in the old building,” Town Manager Mel Adams said in a phone interview Thursday.

Town officials earlier this year purchased two adjacent properties on Park Street for $158,500 to help accommodate the new station, which would provide parking for 25 vehicles, compared to just five spaces at the old firehouse.  “That’s considerably more flexibility,” Adams said.

The Park Street homes have been demolished, “and the site is being cleared for the construction to begin in October,” Adams said.

That’s assuming, of course, that voters approve the 30-year, $2.4 million bond at the polls on Aug. 9.

Adams said the town would have to spend about $100,000 a year to pay off the bond if it is approved, but that payments could be drawn from Randolph’s facilities reserve program, “so we don’t expect our taxes to go up.”

That account has about $200,000 in it now, and Randolph generally puts about $120,000 into the reserve annually, Adams said.

Town officials are deciding between two different facades, with one of them including gray stone, steel and some vertical wooden panels. The other option would not have the stone.

Fire investigators last year said the overnight  fire that destroyed the station likely originated in the engine of a 2011 rescue pumper truck, which had malfunctioned during a training exercise.

Since the fire, the Randolph Village department, which also serves the town of Braintree, has been using the Stagecoach Transportation Services garage on Hedding Drive, about a half-mile east of the firehouse site.

Adams said Randolph has received about $600,000 in insurance payments for the old building, but expects to get up to $400,000 more in reimbursements for code improvements involving the new fire station.

An initial public hearing and informational meeting on the bond was held on Tuesday, and a second is scheduled for Tuesday, Aug. 2 at 7 p.m. at the Town Hall Conference Room B.

Voting on the bond will take place Aug. 9 by Australian ballot, with voting from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

News staff writer John P. Gregg can be reached at jgregg@vnews.com.