Project History
- Building not worth investment.
- Poorly supports police and fire in an inferior building.
- Major life safety and functional issues.
5/2019: Town Meeting approved $28,000.00 (in addition to $22,000 transferred by Advisory Committee in February) for design and engineering services for floor space design and conceptual elevation design.
- Town Administrator asked group to make recommendation to Selectboard
- Selectboard approves of recommendation to move forward with Option B11 (all new building) at 2021 ATM
2021 ATM: Though the group presented a strong case for approving design and documents costs for the new building, a significant number of voters were convinced that the building could be built for significantly less and the article did not pass.
July 2021: Selectboard appoints a Public Safety Building Committee to work with Caolo & Bienek on reducing the building costs by cutting unnecessary space and investigating alternative building methodologies. Committee reported to Selectboard at a joint meeting in October 2022 that they had reduced the square footage by approximately 3000 square feet but, because of rising prices, the cost estimate had increased by approximately $800,000. The Committee recommended asking for funds for design and construction documents.