BRTA Requesting Proposals for Facility Assessment

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Berkshire Regional Transit Authority (BRTA) is requesting proposals from qualified firms to conduct a detailed facility condition assessment (FCA), including recommendation corrections for deficiencies, cost estimates for corrections, and timelines for future capital costs.

This FCA is for the two BRTA properties, the Intermodal Transportation Center at 1 Columbus Avenue, Pittsfield, MA and the Maintenance Facility at 67 Downing Parkway, Pittsfield, MA 01201. The BRTA seeks to understand the general condition of both buildings and their major components, the timing, and cost of future building component maintenance and replacement.

This Qualifications-Based Solicitation was issued on Sept. 28, 2022. To request a copy of the solicitation package, please contact the BRTA at info@berkshirerta.com.

Proposals must be received at the BRTA Administrative Office prior to 11 a.m. on November 8, 2022, by mail to 1 Columbus Avenue, Suite 201, Pittsfield, MA 01201.

The BRTA reserves the right to accept or reject any and all proposals as it deems in its own best interest.

 


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Dalton Town Meeting May 6 Preview

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
DALTON, Mass. — Voters at the annual town meeting on Monday, May 6, will decide 22 articles, including articles on sidewalks and the authorization of a number of spending articles, including an approximate $22 million budget. 
 
The meeting will take place at 7 p.m. at Wahconah Regional High School. Town meeting documents can be found here.
 
A little more than a dozen voters attended the nearly two-hour town meeting information session on Monday. 
 
"That budget is going up about 8 percent from what it was last year. Sounds like a lot, it is a lot, the majority of that is coming from increases in insurance, and schools, and other things the town does not have direct control over," Town Manager Thomas Hutcheson said.
 
"So, the actual town increase is a little under 4 percent. Everything else we're at the mercy of outside forces."
 
Of the $22 million budget, $10,537,044 is the assessment for the Central Berkshire Regional School District and about $10 million is the town operating budget.
 
"Last year, that part of the budget went up 10 percent. So, we're going in the right direction. It's not as low as we'd necessarily like to see, but I think both the Select Board and the Finance Committee did a great job this year of trimming away where they could," Hutcheson said. 
 
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