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Select Board approves Public Safety Building punch-list repairs, office moves and security lock upgrades
Summary
The Town of Rutland Select Board approved several building-committee recommendations including refurbishing a former police office for the town administrator, electrical panel work, electronic-lock upgrades and signage for emergency numbers.
The Town of Rutland Select Board this week approved a series of building-related expenditures and changes recommended by the town's building committee as work continues around the new Public Safety Building and Town Hall.
The board approved about $2,662 to convert the former police office into a town-administrator office and storage/multipurpose room, including carpet replacement and painting. The building committee said the move will consolidate supplies and create a small conference or work space for staff and visiting committee members.
The board also approved an electrical upgrade quote needed to consolidate and replace an aging subpanel in the building basement; the contractor named in the meeting provided a written quote and the board authorized the work to proceed.
Select Board members approved a purchase and redistribution of the town's existing electronic door locks and an upgrade to the vendor's web-based management service. The committee said five locks already in the municipal complex would be reprogrammed and repurposed: two for the highway department and three for the new fire station. The board approved the hardware purchase and agreed to the vendor's annual management fee; staff said the locks operate on batteries and retain local access if internet or power is unavailable.
The board approved a $62 order for standard vertical emergency-address signs that display each building's 9-1-1 number and authorized staff to work with the building contractor to install them.
Separately, the building committee reported completion or near-completion of multiple punch-list items at the public safety building: kitchen cabinets, sprinkler pump installation schedules, antenna installs for door openers, water-filtration piping work, and follow-up on a reported condensation issue at one bay. Fire Chief Chris Clark and Town Administrator Bill Sweet reviewed the outstanding items and reaffirmed plans to document and track remaining tasks.
Most of the approvals will be paid from the building-maintenance/capital-improvements fund the board maintains for Town Hall and the Public Safety Building; the committee and staff said the remaining fund balance will be reduced but sufficient to cover near-term needs.
The Select Board directed staff to coordinate installation dates, confirm contractor availability and return invoices to the board for routine payment processing.
