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147 ACCOMMODATIONS PROVIDED Every office within our present building has been provided for , and so arranged , we believe , as to best meet the public needs and at the same time secure economical operation . Practically the entire lower floor has been given over to the Police Department . On the street floor are offices for the Superintendent of Public "forks , the Clerk of the Selectmen , and the office and hearing -room of. this Board . For them there is provided a room 20 by 31 , or about the size of Cary Hall in the present Town Hall Building . The Town Clerk , Treasurer , Accountant , Tax Collector , and Inspectors may also be placed on this main floor as they are the officials having the greatest number of calls from the public . The second floor provides accommodations for the Engineering Department , the Water and Sewer Department , and the Assessors . There are also two conference rooms for the use of the Town Committees , the larger room being located so as to be especially available for use by the Registrars of Voters . Feeling that the fire alarm whistle would be totally out of place in this group of buildings , we have made no provision for it or for the tanks and machinery connected therewith . 1e recommend that this be handled as a separate project . FUTURE GROWTH wile ample provision has been made for the natural sr. owth which may be expected to take place , notably in the Assessing , =engineering , and Water and Sewer Departments , it is manifestly impossible for your Committee to say how long it will be before the growth of the Town will be such as to require more space than we have provided . We have examined office buildings in other towns and cities and consulted other officials . Based upon these studies we believe it fair to assume that the proposed building will accommodate a municipality of 30 , 000 inhabitants . When additional space 16 required , the Town will have the option of enlarging this building by adding on in the rear or constructing a second building on the other side of the Memorial Building . OFFICE FURNITURE We propose to use all the existing furniture which is fit to use and the vault fixtures . Additional fixtures , furniture and vault equipment will be required and your Committee suggests that $5 , 000 . be appropriated for this purpose . GRADING In the event that the Town should vote not to construct a new Office Building , the Isaac Harris Gary Trustees will carry out their original plan of building the main entrance drive and grading around the Memorial Building , if the Uffide Building is conftructed the Trustees , with whom we have co - operated in the lay- out of the premises , have offered to ' contxlibute the estimated cost of the work they had plan- ned , toward the grading and landscaping of the entire lot . Complete plans and specifications have been prepared for grading the entire area End bids have been secured for this work . Out total estimate includes an adequate allowance for the grading adjacent to the Office Building . SALE OF PRESENT TOWN HALL PROPERTY No direct authority was given your Committee to sell the present Town Hall property but in order that full information could be given to the voters , we have advert ed for bids for the purchase of the present Town Hall to be received on September 20 , 1927 . These bids will be submitted to the citizens at the TownMeeting on September 22 , 1927 . The proposal to purchase is subject to a one year lease , free of rent to the Town , so that we may , if the Town so votes , sell the property and remain in our present quarters during the construction of the Office Building . • t