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Hinesburg gets bids for public safety plan
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Proposal costs range from $17K to $80K COREY MCDONALD STAFF WRITER
Hinesburg received six bids to develop a public safety vision and strategic plan, ranging in cost from $17,000 to nearly $80,000. The town’s efforts, which began in September, are meant to craft a vision for its police, fire and EMS services as the town’s population is set to grow by more than 15 percent in the coming years, with more than 400 housing units in the works. The proposals were reviewed and ranked by town manager Todd Odit, assistant town manager Joy Dubin Grossman, police chief Anthony Cambridge, fire chief Nick Baker and selectboard member Dennis Place. Ultimately, two companies were identified as the highest ranking: Municipal Resources, Inc, which conducted Hinesburg’s 2008 study of its police department, filed its bid at $28,500, while the Center for Governmental Research, based in Rochester, N.Y., filed a bid for $76,500. “We’re struggling with how to move forward,” Odit said. “Obviously there’s a See PUBLIC SAFETY on page 4
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Hinesburg Nursery School students fly their airplane while dressed up in their costumes at an afterschool Halloween party in October.
CVSD drops plan for new offices COREY MCDONALD STAFF WRITER
The Champlain Valley School District walked back plans to spend nearly $200,000 to relocate its central administrative offices, saying the district was unsure of the appropriateness or timeliness of the proposal. Superintendent Rene Sanchez unveiled
the plan to relocate the district’s central offices to a new location on Hurricane Lane in Williston at the school board meeting on Oct. 18. The proposal would have increased office space from the “current cramped 7,889 square feet to 17,500 square feet, allowing us to bring all staff into the office and have much needed meeting space,” Sanchez said.
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The need for increased office space “was identified as far back as 2006,” reads the presentation, which can be found at bit. ly/3EN2so6. Currently, the district uses space in the Shelburne Town Offices in the village, said Bonnie Birdsall, the district’s director of See OFFICES on page 7
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