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Strafford County plans RFP for 10,000-square-foot warming center on county land; three cities would fund construction
Summary
Commissioners discussed a plan to site a 10,000-square-foot emergency warming center on county property (old Humane Society site) to be funded equally by Dover, Rochester and Somersworth; county will issue an RFP and act as fiduciary for contracts, while cities would own and operate the facility pending council approvals.
County commissioners discussed a plan to construct a 10,000-square-foot emergency warming center on Strafford County property behind the county jail and to issue a request for proposals to build the facility.
The county will act in a fiduciary capacity to administer the contract between the operator and the county while the three municipalities — Dover, Rochester and Somersworth — have agreed in concept to pay for construction and to own the building. The commissioners said the seasonal shelter will operate under roughly the same conditions as last year and will be open Nov. 15 through April 15.
The commission’s chair (identified in the meeting transcript as the speaker leading the discussion) said the county will put out an RFP asking for the “cheapest way you…
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