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Tamworth Select Board orders design of ADA bathroom, keeps transfer-station planning on track
Summary
After a lengthy discussion of Sanborn Head cost estimates and options for storage and operations, the Tamworth Select Board voted to hire Sanborn Head to design a minimum ADA-compliant bathroom attached to the current transfer-station office and to commit ARPA funds; the board also extended the project authorization for one year.
The Tamworth Select Board on Aug. 8 voted to engage Sanborn Head to design a minimum-size ADA-compliant bathroom attached to the town's transfer-station office and to use American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) money to pay for the design work.
The decision follows a wide-ranging discussion about a recently delivered set of conceptual plans and cost estimates from Sanborn Head, which the board said arrived only about an hour before the meeting. Select Board members said the larger 70-by-70 conceptual building was priced at roughly $1.2–$1.3 million on the cover memo, and members questioned some line items — notably a quoted bathroom addition of nearly $200,000. “The cost estimates, in my opinion, are not working much like that,” one member said during debate, urging a deeper look at specific line items.
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