The Bethel Village Council has received a request from a group of concerned residents to set up a phone bank in the Grant Memorial Building over the next few weeks to educate unsure residents on which political candidates to support in the fall election.

Initially opposed, because of existing restrictions on the Grant Memorial Building, councilman Gary Hutchinson said that it was not council’s place to consider such a request.

“The village should not be looked upon as endorsing any political candidates,” Hutchinson said. “This would most likely be viewed as a quasi-endorsement and I feel that it is not appropriate or in our best interest to take any action on this request.”