Mapleton council approves revisions for new maintenance facility

Council has approved a revised layout for the new municipal maintenance facility to be constructed at the township’s Sideroad 16 administration centre property.

Public works director Brad McRoberts recommended council approve the revisions made to the plans by Chamberlain Architects, including:

- relocation of locker rooms to the west outside wall to permit windows and natural lighting;

- relocating utility rooms to the interior;

- eliminating an employee entrance along the south facing exterior wall;

- reducing of the size of the flammables storage room and increasing the size of the general storage room; and

- providing the ability to segregate the lunch room/training room from the kitchenette to allow for its use during a separate training meeting.

McRoberts noted council was not approving spending on construction at this point.

“At this point council’s giving approval that this building go ahead. We have not seen  a budget yet. This is just determining that this building meetings meets our needs and we can move forward,” said McRoberts, who described the design of the building as “pleasing but then again not ostentatious.”

“I think they’ve brought us back a really usable layout,” said Mayor Neil Driscoll.