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DPW building committee reports 24,000‑sq‑ft garage layout and energy‑modeling; Select Board and Finance Committee remain divided on scale and cost timing
Summary
Design work for a proposed 24,000‑sq‑ft DPW garage advanced; energy modeling favors heat‑pump options but town leaders remain divided over project scale and timing for a possible warrant article.
The Select Board received a detailed update from the Department of Public Works (DPW) Building Committee on design and cost‑estimation progress for the proposed DPW facility.
Designer Wessenden Sampson presented a fleet inventory layout showing storage and access for all DPW vehicles inside a roughly 24,000‑square‑foot garage. The firm also submitted an energy modeling study that compared three mechanical systems: (1) natural gas condensing boilers and water heater; (2) air‑source heat pumps; and (3) ground‑source heat pumps. Modeling showed larger lifecycle savings for heat pump systems compared with continued natural gas equipment, though capital…
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