Public Safety Facility Feasibility Study Committee

Public Safety Facility

Feasibility Study Committee

Membership and Charge

                                                                                                                        July 29, 2022

COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP

The Public Safety Facility Feasibility Study Committee shall consist of up to nine (9) voting members.

1. Select Board Member or a defined alternate.
2. Fire Chief or a defined alternate.
3. Police Chief or a defined alternate.
4. Finance Committee member or a defined Finance Committee alternate.
5. Planning Board Chair or defined alternate
6. Four (4) Rochester residents not affiliated with public safety.
7. Town Administrator or a defined alternate (non-voting).

The term of the appointment is until the Feasibility Study is complete or until revoked.

COMMITTEE CHARGE

To serve as advisors to the Town Administrator and Rochester Select Board as it prepares a Feasibility Study to determine if a new combined EMS, Fire and Police Public Safety Building is in the best interest of the Town of Rochester. The committee shall determine if there are benefits for the Town to proceed with a shared Police and Fire Department facility for training, community rooms, shared mechanicals, storage of vehicles and firefighting apparatus in climate-controlled spaces, and providing a legally code compliant and accessible building using energy efficient heating and cooling systems. Alternatively, if separate facilities are appropriate, first determine the adequacy and life span of the existing police and fire stations; determine the requirements for a separate EMS and Fire Department Facility, and a separate Police Station Facility.