The Town Council is scheduled to vote on whether to move ahead with expansion plans at the nearly 50-year-old Central Fire Station. The panel on Nov. 14 may also enact on a moratorium on retail marijuana establishments, depending on the outcome of a Nov. 8 statewide referendum.
The fire station project, which would in part mean the building at 366 Tuttle Road would expand from one to three floors, could cost $4.1 million, according to a preliminary report presented last month to the Town Council.
The following items will be discussed, and could be authorized separately or together, according to Town Manager Bill Shane:
• Continuing the project's Building Committee until construction begins.
• Authorizing Shane to enter into contracts with Portland-based Port City Architecture to design the addition.
• Authorizing Shane to work with the Building Committee to interview and choose a construction management team.
• Beginning the project in March or April 2017.
The Town Council in January formed a committee to look into space and storage at the fire station, as well as an inventory of the building's apparatus, in order to develop a needs analysis, building assessment, and conceptual site plan for the department.
The town also selected Port City Architecture to produce a preliminary design report, which included the estimate - a figure shaved down from a $5.1 million total rebuild.