The town has approved a $150,000 request from the fire department for upgrades to both its fire headquarters and secondary station.
Fire Chief Jim Blanchfield opined before the Board of Selectmen on Monday night, asking the group for consideration for modern updates to two of its buildings.
At fire headquarters, Blanchfield laid out a request for a full renovation of the kitchen, expected to cost just under $90,000. At Fire Station 2, though a number of projects are on the docket, the “most important” and pressing is updating the existing bathroom and adding a half-bathroom to the tune of roughly $58,000.
Earlier this year, Blanchfield and Director of Public Works Chris Burney penned a request for proposal to handle the new firehouse kitchen, a project that the chief said has been a priority since 2019. There were initially no answers.