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Strafford County moves forward on new warming center after municipal leaders give blessing
Summary
At its Jan. 22 meeting the Strafford County Commission said mayors and city managers have endorsed moving ahead with construction of a new warming center and that the county will meet with the vendor they selected; no vendor name was provided.
The Strafford County Commission reported on Jan. 22 that municipal leaders have endorsed moving forward with construction of a new warming center, and said the county will meet soon with the vendor selected by those municipal officials.
The commission’s chair, speaking at the opening of the meeting, said that "the mayors and city managers have given their blessing for the county to continue to move forward with the construction of that building." The chair added that the county plans to meet shortly with the vendor chosen by those municipal leaders to begin the process "as quickly as we can." The transcript does not specify the vendor’s name.
The chair also noted that a public hearing on the county’s proposed budget was scheduled for the evening before the county delegation, a step that may be connected to funding or timeline decisions for the warming center. No budget figures or funding sources for the warming center were provided during the remarks.
Next steps the commission identified publicly were to meet with the vendor and continue coordination with municipal leaders; no formal vote on contracting or funding was recorded in the public portion of the meeting.
