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Proposed Facilities
Norwich Police, Fire and DPW
Police-Fire Administration
• Discussed since 2000
• Reduced overall scope
• Replaces existing police
station
• Joins existing fire
station
• Allows for future
apparatus bay
replacement
Site work includes:
• Demolition & disposal of police station
• Removal of existing septic and oil tanks
• Parking—37 spaces
• New septic system
• Storm Drains
• 6” Water line
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Public Works
Public Works Garage:
• Repair roof and fix structural
issues
• Heated storage for plow trucks
• Maintenance space for
vehicles
• Office for DPW Director
• Locker and break room for
employees
Storage shed:
• Storage for $1.2M of
equipment
• Space for solar tenant
(partially offsets cost).
Why are they needed?
Police Department
• Housed “temporarily”
more than 25 years ago
• 1957 ranch house not
designed as a police
station
• Building is deteriorated
• Inadequate interview
rooms
• Inadequate evidencehandling
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Why are they needed?
Fire Department
• Inadequate training
space
• Inadequate parking
• No showers
• Inadequate
decontamination of
equipment and gear
• Inadequate storage for
equipment
Why are they needed?
Public Works
• $1.2M of equipment sits
outdoors
• Cannot both keep plow
trucks covered and
maintain town’s vehicles
• No office for department
head
• No lockers and
conference room for crew
• Garage was built in 1976
• Rusted, leaking roof
• Safety issues
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Bond
– FY 2015: $18.60
– FY 2017: $35.20
• Difference: $16.60
– FY 2027: $20.90
Taxes
School Taxes
Town Taxes (minus bonds)
$2,000.00
Tax Rate ($ / $100,000 of Valua on)
$3 million
• Expected 3.1% for 30
years
• Historically low rate
• Vermont Bond Bank
• Tax required/$100K :
Taxes for Bonds
$1,800.00
$1,600.00
$1,400.00
$1,200.00
• Difference: $2.30
– Average difference: $9
$1,000.00
$800.00
$600.00
$400.00
$200.00
$FY 2015
• Interest: $1.6 million
FY 2017 (Projected)
Budgeted amounts
Police/Fire
• Administrative building and
repairs to fire station: $2.3
million
• 8,500-ft2 building:
– $1.5 million
– $175/ft2 (building only)
Public Works
• $0.7 million for garage
repair, expansion and shed
• Cost of shed partially offset
by solar panel tenant
• Site work:
– $409 thousand
– $223/ft2 (total project)
• Other costs:
– $151 thousand A/E fees
– $150 thousand for contingency
– $103 thousand for owner costs
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Cost determination
1. Budgeting phase ✔
• Selectboard identify
functions required
• Areas derived from
functions
• Conceptual design for site
• Costs per unit of:
– Area
– Equipment
2. Budget for bonding ✔
3. Design/construction phase
• Selectboard finalizes
functions
• Selectboard approves design
• Bid package prepared:
– Detailed drawings
– Specified level of quality
4. Successful bidder: actual cost
Other police stations
(Norwich pop. 3,414)
Hinesburg (pop. 4,340)
Vergennes (pop. 2,588)
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Other highway garages
(Norwich pop. 3,414−44 mi.2)
Lyme (pop. 1,700−55 mi.2)
Royalton (pop. 2,800−41 mi.2)
Strafford (pop. 1,050−44 mi.2)
West Windsor (pop. 1,200−25 mi.2)
Police facility
Preliminary floor plans, subject to change in final design
Functions
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Offices for the police chief, a supervisor
and administrative assistant.
A shared office for the patrol officers
Men’s and women’s locker rooms
Break room.
Two interview rooms: (victim and
suspect)
Secure garage protects patrol car and
allows secure transfer of suspects
Evidence processing and storage
Archived storage of materials
Departmental meeting/conference room
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Fire facility
Preliminary floor plans, subject to change in final design
Functions
• Fire Chief's office
• Office for general record keeping
• Men’s and women’s bathrooms with
showers
• Shop/tool room and general storage
• Shared training room for 45 people
• Eat-in kitchen
• Emergency Operations Center,
including backup dispatch
• On-site parking
DPW facilities
Preliminary floor plans, subject to change in final design
Functions
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DPW Chief's office
Crew break/conference and locker room
Toilet
Hazardous material storage
Equipment cold storage with solar panels
on the roof
Improvements:
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Roof repair
Structural reinforcement
Insulation
Water
Connection to septic system.
Addition
Existing
Unheated 3-sided shed
with solar on roof
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Bond vs. mortgage:
$3 million over 30 years at 3.1%
Bond
• VT Municipal Bond Bank
• Variable annual payments:
– Constant principal: $100K
– Declining interest
• Max: $82K (FY 2017)
• Min: $1K (FY 2046)
• Total interest: $1.6M
• Surety: Full faith and credit
of the municipality
Hypothetical mortgage
• Not authorized for towns
• Constant annual payments:
– Declining interest
– Increasing principal
• Annually $154K
• Total interest: $1.6M
• Surety: Collateral
– No collateral
Bond lifetime
Near Term: If approved
• Vermont Municipal Bond
Bank sale in July
• Architect to prepare final
design documents for the
police/fire facility
• Police/fire options:
– Design-bid-build
– Design-construction manage
• DPW: design-build
Long Term: Taxpayer impact
• Time to pay equivalent of
principal borrowed: 16
years
• New property purchasers
share cost and benefits of
facilities
• Property owners present for
the entire 30-year period
pay equivalent to share of a
mortgage at 3.1%
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Options
Authorization: $3 million
• In case bids exceed
authorization:
– Unlikely to occur
– Most qualified bidder will
provide price for reduced
scope
Options for surplus
• In case bids are lower than
authorization:
– Receive bids on options for
added insulation, more energy
efficient windows, electric heat
pump, etc.
– Use the surplus to reduce bond
payments
– Town Meeting may approve
use for a different capital
purpose
• Selectboard may choose
among options
Building lifespans
Physical
• Each building component
has an expected time until
major repair:
– Foundation: 100 years
– Structure: 70 years
– Walls/roofs: 35 years
• Age of current facilities:
– Police station: 68 years old
– DPW garage is 39 years old
– Fire station is 35 years old
Functional
• Buildings may become
unsuitable functionally.
– Space required changes with
evolving practice
– Updated practices change
nature of use
• Functional issues of current
facilities:
– Police: Evidence and interviews
– Fire: Training and expanded
missions
– DPW: Operations conflict with
maintenance functions
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In the voting booth
Added tax for bond over FY 2015
Acting now
Propert
y Value
Financial benefits:
• Avoids bigger problems later
• Avoids future higher costs
• Low bond rates
Community benefits:
• Allows police department to
use best practices
• Supports volunteer fire
department delivery of
expected services
• Gives DPW staff safe, efficient
facilities; covers $1.2 M
equipment
FY 2017
$100K
$16.60
$400K
$600K
FY 2027
Period
Average
$2.30
$8.80
$66.40
$9.20
$35.20
$99.60
$13.80
$53.80
Compare addition of $8.80 to:
FY 2015 Taxes/$100K of valuation
School:
$1,806
Town:
$582
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