BRUNSWICK
The clock is ticking on the town’s plans to renovate the McLellan Building on Union Street into its new municipal offices.
With a deadline of April 2014 to relocate from 28 Federal St., the town expects to have a preliminary construction budget by the end of this month.
The town approved a purchase and-sale agreement in 2012 which effectively transferred ownership of the existing municipal offices to Brunswick Development Corp. upon the town’s departure.
BDC, a public-private nonprofit group established in 1995 to catalyze town economic growth, already has a signed an agreement for Wiscasset-based Coastal Enterprises Inc. to buy the property.
Among other details, that sale is contingent upon the town being out of 28 Federal St. by April 1.
Warren Construction and Scott Simons Architects were hired in July to be project manager and designer, respectively. According to town documents, owner Peter Warren said he may be able to save the town money and complete the project sooner — possibly mid- March — if he can work in both McLellan and the current council chambers in Brunswick Station at the same time.
The town likely will have to hold meetings in an alternate location while the new meeting space is being outfitted and existing audio and video systems are transferred.
No meeting site yet has been decided.
Also Monday, councilors are expected to approve a 13- month contract with Clarion Asscociates LLC, based in Denver, Colo., to help the town update its zoning ordinance.
Contract price of the update assistance is capped at $75,000.
Brunswick Fire Department will apply for $26,300 in state Emergency Managment Planning Grant money. The grant would offset part of the town’s cost of emergency planning, as required by the state. It also requires a local match, which the fire department historically has provided through in-kind services and donation of administrative time and services.
Councilors Monday also will set future public hearings for:
— A special amusement license for Magee’s Pub, in Smith Union at Bowdoin College.
— Acceptance of land donated to the town for recreational use, and whether to allow limited hunting — shotguns, black powder guns and archery only — within their boundaries.
The meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m.
• WHAT: Brunswick Town Council
• WHEN: today, 7 p.m.
• WHERE: municipal meeting room, 2nd floor, Brunswick Station, 16 Station Ave.
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