Brentwood committee votes to seek authorization to publish RFQ for municipal building study

Brentwood Town’s Municipal Complex Research Committee voted March 18 to seek authorization from the town administrator to publish a request for qualifications (RFQ) to hire a designer to produce cost estimates, preliminary plans and renderings for alternatives ranging from a standalone police facility to a combined police department/town‑hall building.

The RFQ is intended to select a qualifications‑based design firm that can evaluate a set of alternatives, provide preliminary costs (including a normalized price per square foot and discipline‑level breakdowns) and produce a package the committee can present to voters at a future town meeting. "We put the article fourth for $25 in the — I'll call it the municipal building fund — that passed," Chief Justin Doty said, describing the funding added at the town meeting to the municipal building reserve.

The committee emphasized the RFQ will be qualifications‑based rather than price‑driven: firms will be asked to describe relevant municipal and police‑facility…