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Champlain looking at facelift options for office
Le bureau municipal du canton de Champlain est devenu trop étroit, d’une certaine manière, pour les besoins du personnel et du public. Le conseil et l’administration étudient les options et collige de l’information actuellement afin d’être en mesure de régler ce problème. —photo Gregg Chamberlain
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of money as Option 1. The first option suggests some retrofitting of the existing building with a couple more additions to the premises. The second also involves retrofits but would require acqui- ring an extra acre of space from adjacent farm property to accommodate the sug- gested additions to the building. The third option calls for relocating the municipal office across the road to where the municipal works garage is now and building a whole new combinedmunicipal office/works garage premises with a three- bay vehicle setup. The old municipal office might be demolished to allow another use for the site or make the land available for later resale. For now, township council has received the report for later study. Chief Administra- tive Officer Paula Knudsen told the Tribune- Express, during a recent phone interview, that there are no plans for now for including a rehab of themunicipal office in the capital works budget, either for next year or the im- mediate future. Council and administration want to gather more information first and other priority work needs aremore pressing.
The current municipal office has an old school house as its core, which served as the township’s original village office. The exact age of the original building is unknown.The north office addition to the premises is 18 years old, while the most recent addition are the council chambers and the mayor’s office, both built in 1999. The consultant’s report noted that the east office addition has problems with roof leaks, including water sometimes dripping down out of the ceiling pot lights. The report also noted that several of the offices in the existing building are too small and are shared by two staff members. The gas furnace heating system in the basement is old and also the primary file storage is in the basement with portable dehumidifiers trying to protect the paper documents from dampness. The design of the council chamber is awkward in some respects with only council members able to view the wall-mounted projection screen for any overhead power point presentations during publicmeetings. The building’s reception entrance does not meet provincial accessibility standards for being barrier-free and also the large public entrance point to council chambers is often mistaken as themain entrance to the admi- nistration section of the building. All of the options listed in the consultants’ report propose either building additions or redesigns which provide more and better meeting space for council and staff, proper file storage and other retrofits tomake day- to-day office work more efficient, making the premises fully-accessible to people with mobility issues, and also expanding the public parking space area. Cost estimates provided in the report are about $2.5 million for Option 1, about $2.8 million for Option 2, and about $4.8 for Option 3. For now township council has received the consultant’s report for further study. Du- ring a recent phone interview, Chief Admi- nistrative Officer Paula Knudsen said there are no plans at present to include renovation of the municipal office in the capital works budget for either next year or the immediate future. Other capital project needs for the township have higher priority.
Champlain Township’s municipal office is getting old and starting to show its age, despite a few facelift additions to the pre- mises over the years. Township council has a consultant’s report in hand to review for a later time about whether another nip- and-tuck can work or if it may be time to consider rebuilding the entire body. Before their summer break, township council members received a report and pres- entation from Architecture 49, an Ottawa- based design consultant firm, on results of a functional planning study on themunicipal office on Pleasant Corner Road in Vankleek Hill. The office sits across the road from the municipal works garage and both premises became part of one of the options listed in the report concerning any possible future rehabilitation plans for the office. “Each option has costs and benefits,” the report stated, noting that Option 1 has the lowest cost, Option 2 would involve a bit more expense, while Option 3, the most expensive, would demand twice the amount
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