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Town of Northborough official says police station generator will be replaced after safety review
Summary
Scott Charpentier, the Town of Northborough public works director, told town meeting that the police station's 1988 indoor generator is non-code compliant and undersized for current dispatch needs; he proposed replacing it with an outdoor, code-compliant unit with a separate fuel source to improve safety and reliability.
Scott Charpentier, the Town of Northborough public works director, told this year's town meeting that the police station's generator, installed with the building in 1988, is "non-code compliant" and will be replaced.
Charpentier said the existing unit is installed indoors with limited ventilation and was sized for a lower electrical load at the time of construction. "Building now supports a new dispatch center that has a higher load," he said, explaining that the change in energy demand is one reason for the replacement proposal.
He described the planned work: "The new generator will be constructed outdoors, have a separate fuel source, and be code compliant," Charpentier said, adding that moving the unit outdoors and providing a separate fuel supply should improve safety and reliability for both the dispatch center and the police station.
The proposal was presented as a capital article for this year's town meeting. No vote or funding decision is recorded in the provided remarks.
