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Select Board adopts revised charge for Public Safety Facilities Committee, asks for comparable benchmarks
Summary
The board approved an edited committee charge that gives the Public Safety Facilities Committee direction while retaining flexibility; members asked the committee to include benchmarking to comparable coastal municipalities.
The Select Board voted to approve revisions to the Public Safety Facilities Committee charge, adopting language designed to give direction without constraining the working group to overly specific solutions.
Ellen Mer and other members proposed edits removing prescriptive square-foot and rear-addition language; the revised draft (dated June 29, 2026) instead asks the committee to examine alternatives, including additions to 46 Elm Street and to evaluate a revised plan for 135 King Street that reduces scope as needed. Greg Watts urged that the committee include benchmarking of comparable builds so residents can see reasonable precedents; members discussed focusing on coastal and similar-sized towns as the most useful comparators. The motion to approve the updated charge passed on a unanimous roll-call vote.
The committee will proceed with the broader charge and return findings and recommendations on timelines stated in the charge.
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