Otsego County discusses RFP for master plan to site public safety, highway and training facilities
Summary
County staff proposed an RFP to develop a consolidated campus master plan—site assessments, regulatory coordination and schematic layouts—for potential highway, fire/EMS training, 911 and other facilities; staff emphasized phased planning and budget constraints.
County staff outlined a proposed RFP to hire a planning and engineering team to prepare a consolidated master plan for a county campus that could host multiple public facilities, including a fire/EMS training center, highway garage, public‑safety/911 facilities and potential future county buildings.
The RFP would fund site surveys (topography, geotechnical), environmental assessments (wetlands), utility-demand analyses, stakeholder engagement, phasing and preliminary cost estimates. Staff stressed the county must plan for phased delivery because the full suite of facilities could take a decade or more to build. "It would probably take close to 10 years or more to develop the entire site," the presenter said.
Committee members and staff discussed phasing priorities; several recommended making the emergency‑services/training site and 911 co‑location a near‑term priority because of operational synergies, while reserving larger projects (such as a future jail) to be located and reserved on the plan but not fully designed until fiscal capacity exists. Staff recommended forming a focused oversight committee and using a bond anticipation note or other financing vehicle to fund the planning effort (estimated planning contract cost roughly $1.2 million for a multi‑facility study). The committee authorized staff to finalize the RFP and seek proposals.
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