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Select Board approves MetroWest communications IMA amendment and authorizes OPM contract
Summary
The Select Board approved Amendment No.1 to the MetroWest Regional Emergency Communications Center intermunicipal agreement to change the center’s site to 30 Otis Street, and authorized the town manager to award and execute contracts, including an OPM contract with Colliers, following a procurement and interview process.
The Westborough Select Board on May 14 approved an amendment to the intermunicipal agreement (IMA) for the MetroWest Regional Emergency Communications Center to formalize a location change to 30 Otis Street and authorized the town manager to finalize project contracts, including an Owner’s Project Manager agreement with Colliers.The amendment requires a supermajority of the participating boards; Westborough’s vote approved Amendment No.1 (dated 05/14/2024). Town staff described the procurement process used to select an OPM (interviews conducted with representatives from Westborough and Grafton and the municipal building committee), and said Colliers was the negotiated selection. The board authorized the town manager to sign the contracts and associated project documents and directed staff to keep the municipal building committee and community informed via a project webpage. Future steps identified include hiring an architect and negotiating a lease or other agreements that will return to the Select Board for approval.
