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Council hears DPW building replacement plan; cost and reuse options debated
Summary
Committee members described a plan to replace DPW Building 1 with a two-story facility including offices and living-space amenities; one councilor said construction could be "north of $1,000,000, probably closer to $5,000,000," and another asked whether space in an existing Chestnut building could be adapted instead of new construction.
Council members on the construction/DPW committee presented a multi-phase plan to replace Building 1 at the DPW facility with a two-story structure to include offices, lockers, restrooms and a cafeteria, followed by demolition of the existing building and construction of a new mechanical workspace. A councilor described preliminary cost expectations and cautioned the project would be a significant capital expense.
During the report a council member asked whether the town could repurpose space in a recently built Chestnut building rather than build new, noting the Chestnut facility already provides utilities. Committee members said the Chestnut building had been designated for storage of large equipment and officials argued a separation between living/office space and heavy-workspace was desirable. Council agreed to revisit the DPW plan in budget season and to include cost estimates in next year's capital budget discussions.
