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Select Board authorizes transfer station committee to continue; staff prepare bids for compactor and bathroom work
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Summary
The board voted to continue the Transfer Station Improvement Committee through year-end and heard updates on revised designs, bid specs and procurement timelines for transfer station bathroom and compactor projects.
The Tamworth Select Board voted to authorize the Transfer Station Improvement Committee (TSIC) to continue operating on an as-needed basis through the end of the year to assist with procurement and project delivery for transfer station improvements. The vote passed on a roll-call after a brief discussion about the committee's ongoing role in finalizing plans.
Committee updates described revised bathroom plans, simplified heating specifications and completed bid documents; staff said they would issue an invitation to bid and a separate request for proposals for a construction manager, aiming to award work in March. The board also discussed site logistics: an equipment layout revision would remove can-crushing machinery to free space for a ground-level compactor and add a slab and drainage to address standing water at the recycling area. A contractor quote for a slab was cited at approximately $7,000; staff said they would issue an invitation to bid as required by procurement rules.
A motion authorizing TSIC to continue "as needed till the end of the year" was made and approved by roll-call vote.
Board members asked staff to check grant-management responsibilities should federal funds be used; staff said a finance administrator and the administrator would manage grant oversight in coordination with TSIC members familiar with the project.
