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Home My WebLink About1956-01-26-ATOBC-min IJ••• ) AlYDITIoNAL TOM OFFXCL BUILDING COMMYTTEg January 6, 1956 A meeting of the Additional Town Office Building Committee. was held in the Selectments Room Town Office Building, on Thursday, January 26$ 1956 at'8:00 0, 14,0 Chairman Brooks* Veasrs, Reed and Maloney were present. The Secretary was also present, The Capital Expenditurea Committee and the Appro. priation Committee were also present, The Chairman explained that Mr, Greeley, the archi. toot, was unable to attend the meeting this evening but had assured him that he would send a repreaentative, He preaented plans for the group to view, • The discussion held was more orless as follows: Chairman: I suppose you are meetly interested in what this is going to cost. It is not final* but looks like 028500000 Clarke* What wore yen carrying last year? R:,43:ts 11,75,000. Thie includes furniture, but we did not carry it for that amount, We were talking about the building itself, but even s6 it is higher, The men in the building game aren't surprised by a dhange in figures within a year. Chairman; That figure was a. guess, This figure Is arrived. at by a very detailed estimate. Madden: o you have a breakdown or the cost per equare foot? Chairman: It is a little over c' 2001 That is without the furniture. One of the large items is such things as polio cells, , That item alone, which would not compare with the ordinary building* 10 $17*500 for just the cells. leeds There wan none thought of taking the present cells over to the new building, but we found out that in the end it would be just as costly and furthermore there are not enoudh. Chairmant We hav* om copies of the detailed estimate. Reed: Olve one to the Appropriation COmmittee and one to the Capital 14Xpenditures Committee, Clarke: Rae the need for the building been eatablishedT Remit I think it has otherwise the vote would not have passed at the Town Meeting. I think the need was established when the oomznittee was appointed and authorized to bring In plans and specifications for the building now. ; 2 20 4 ! Browns Does the building have garage space? Roods We have only ono because they do not need them, Brown; What about the ambalance? Reeds We do not intend to bring the ambulance down hero, Chairman: The Chief, in talking to hi.44 felt that the cars were out so much he did not need space for them, Does this building have an electric aaxiliary power? Chairman: Yea, we are planning on that. That is inoluded in the figure? Chairman* I believe it is. Reed: Mr. Greeley could not be hero tonight and there was eupposed to be a represent4ive present from his office, BrownDoes the bui34ing have plans for putting radio station, etc,' Chxirmans For the pollee, you, Browns Independent of the fire station? We have estimates in 1960 of the Fire Commie/a:toners requesting separate tranamitter taoilities for the Fire 7)15artmont, The question was whether this building was planned so this could be don.,„ Chairman: 14/0, Reads We did not give it any consideration at all. Wouldn't they have to have their own transmitter at the fire station? Drowns Ykae Clarke: What is the coat of rehabilitating the arca over hero? Chairman: We gave that some thought, but under the article we are not empowered to do that, I do think we should have the information ready which we ,can have because I think it should be asLed for in the same appro., priation because some departm-nte will move out of here; for instance, police, baildim and health, Bead: That appropriation could come the following year. It will take a year to construct this building if it is constructed, At present we only intend to bring the Welfare, Planning Board man, Veterans' Agent and Cemetery Department over here. We will probably put the welfare whore the Police Department is now as people are some times embarrassed going to the Welfare Department, The only other change we had in mind was to put folding doors hero and open this room up for more space needed for Board .of Appeals he ,rings, Ora of the other departmental, wee going where the Assessors are now, Browns Have you any estimate of that coat? Rweds No, but I think Mr. Greeley felt it would be smalls Chairman: In the plan it 1440 minor changes. Brown: i0,Coot Reeds No whore near that, It was very low, We felt that the police (tolls could be used for storage apace rather than take them out, We felt the coot to take them out would be too high. 3* ? Madden: 34/14 size and spee? Chairman: Exact duplication. Madden: It will be larger than now needed? Reed: There is ampls opts's for years to come* Chaiu With the spaCe you have her - and certain roams zoned as conference rooms, there is room for expansion. Reed: The Police Department is plentylargo for expansion* Clarke: Police, building, health' 4nything else going in there? Reed: We s,ut that up. We felt only certain department could. function over there Chairman: On the second floor there will be health, building inapectors„ assessor and two conference rooms w3lish could be used for added spa*e if needed. We do have some plans which show the proposed area of this build.- in after the departments have movod over to the other ,. one. Clarke: Will you leave a copy of the breakdown with the Committee? Reed: We have only four and, will give one to yon, and one to the Capital Expenditures Committee. Clarke: What is the construction cost alone? Chairman; You mean omitting police cala. furniture and that sort thine , Clarke: Yes. Chairman: I have not broken it down that way but it is all here* Ther 4 is a lot to that and it would take some timo to . take it out, of the estimate* 1 Does this cost inclUde the grading and landscaping? Chairman: Ye _0. Clarke: Did the estimate or t285000 oome from Greoley's office,' . Reed: The figure of 275..000 came from his office and than 'we added the architect's foes* furnitur and sprinklero. , We have a tiolve of $285000 to cover those. Of the 0,0.000 appropriated, 0,000 is for architect's fees. Brown: Hew much pareking apses will be lft? Maloney; It will not disturb it at all* Clarke: I would like to go back to the questioned touched on earlie .It will cause your committee a great deal of embarrassment, In our report last March Meeting we talked about capital expenditures and bonding. The . problem was complicated in reaching some decision, The problem was further complicated by the underw standing that at a apecial Town Mectinei later in the Pall the Selectmen nay request 0165,000 for a new Town Office Building, ow do you relate 0165,000 to 0285,000 and what will your story be Chairman: I can't answer or give you any information on the 0165ow boeause I don't know how it was arrived at. Reed: We asked Whitman & Howard to give us a rough estimate to duplicate this building 4nd did not iriolud the pollee station. Clarke: How much of the $285,000 is for equipment and how much for other things? Rood: We received this information the other da and were ased to get 1.t as soon as possibI by the C,pital Expenditures Committee* We felt the sooner we havo the figure for the Capital Bx. penditures Committee the happier they would be and thought we would have the Appropriation Com. Isittee in at the same time* We ourselves halm not gone over this as yet* Clarke: Has the Board of Selectmen made any decision? 'Reed: The Board does not knot anything about it except for all and Further informal discussion Was he until WO P. Me at which time the Capital rxpendituros Committee and the Appropriation Committee retired. The meeting adjourned at 9:15 P. 1441, A true record, Attest: / •Fir / 7 eer0 4401