With a groundbreaking ceremony tentatively planned for sometime before Thanksgiving, the project to build a new headquarters for the Wilton Police Department is finally moving forward toward construction even as costs increased to over $15 million. The Board of Selectmen gave its unanimous approval to enter into a contract with A. Secondino & Son Inc., a Branford-based general contractor, to build the 19,000-square-foot facility. The go-ahead came at a meeting Tuesday, Sept. 19, after the selectmen discussed an outline of the funding plans for the building’s $15,201,400 anticipated cost. This month, however, the base bid for the contract came in higher than expected, totaling $15,692,000. This, in turn, motivated the Police-Town Hall Building Committee to ask for some potential modifications to the plan on items that could be added or addressed down the road without impeding the construction. That was done in order to meet the costs of the project within the approved limit.
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