Councilors scheduled the workshop after discussing a report from the Fire Station Task Force on Sept. 4.
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The report included a preliminary floor plan and budget for the proposed $13 million, 30,000-square-foot building. Including land acquisition costs, the project would total $15 million, according to the report.
But according to a memo from Town Manager John Eldridge to the council, the town’s 2018-2019 Capital Improvement Plan estimated the total cost for the project would be about $9 million.
Although Councilor Jane Millett, a member of the Fire Station Task Force, said the CIP estimate was a “wild guess,” Eldridge said “a large design fee” and contingencies drove up the projected price.