Whately Building Committee Recommends $4,300 Campus Survey for Highway Garage Study

Other Committee · Meeting of March 12, 2026

Whately's Municipal Building Committee recommended a $4,300 campus survey and flagged a potentially inflated $336,000 elementary school roof bid at its March 12 meeting. The committee voted unanimously to recommend the Select Board authorize the disbursement from the town's roughly $100,000 building stabilization fund, directing Parallel Eaton and Associates to survey the corridor between the highway garage and the cell tower as a first step toward siting a new or relocated highway garage. On the school roof, a member reported that a shingle replacement quote of just under $336,000 from a single contractor appeared high against an informal industry benchmark of $65,000 to $85,000 per 100 squares, prompting the committee to seek additional estimates through contacts including Stone Route Roofing.

The committee also reviewed a preliminary informal floor plan, described by one member as "not quite sufficient" in its current form, for expanding the police department into an adjacent town hall bay, and agreed to pursue a feasibility study or architectural review before taking any formal action on that project.

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Source: the Other Committee meeting of March 12, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.