The building committee is expected to serve for the 24-month duration of the design and construction period of the project.
Palmer Police Chief Robert P. Frydryk, left, stands inside the department's communications center, as dispatchers Catherine Costa, right, and Kristen Jordan, center, take calls.PALMER — The Palmer Police Station Building Committee has been appointed, and its first meeting will be Aug. 27, according to Town Manager Charles T. Blanchard.
In addition to Blanchard, committee members include Police Chief Robert P. Frydryk; District 4 Town Councilor Donald Blais Jr.; former town councilor Roger Duguay Jr.; Catherine M. Bousquet, who is retired from MassMutual; Brenda M. Cole, who works for the state Department of Developmental Disabilities; Charlann Griswold, a former Police Department administrative assistant and former town emergency management director; William D. Lizotte, an electrical engineer; and Larry Corcoran, a retired Springfield Police Department lieutenant.
"It's a good balance and a good representation of the community," Blanchard said about the committee.
Voters in June approved the construction of a new $7.4 million police station, to be built on town-owned land behind the current 1964 facility.
At the building committee's first meeting, Blanchard said the members will be given the proposals from various companies that have been submitted for the job of project manager. Those applications are due Aug. 15, he said.
The project manager will review the work of the project architect, Reinhardt Associates, Blanchard said.
Blanchard said $140,000 has been budgeted for the project manager. Reinhardt will receive approximately $572,000 for its fee, he said.
The building committee is expected to serve for the 24-month duration of the design and construction period of the project. The new station could be ready by May 2014.