Commissioners with the Bainbridge Island Fire Department unanimously decided Thursday to put a $16 million bond measure to pay for new and improved fire hall facilities before voters in the February election.

Voters will also decide the fate of a 9-cent levy increase that would pay for an additional three fighters to staff the department’s north end station on Phelps Road.

The three new hires, if voters approve the funding, would join the three that the board approved hiring earlier this week.

The six new firefighters would help Station 23 be staffed 24/7, with help from existing firefighters who would be paid overtime.