AUTHORIZING/APPROVING THE SPACE NEEDS STUDY FOR THE SAUK COUNTY HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT

Background:  The Sauk County Highway Department has garages located at 620 Linn Street in Baraboo and a satellite Garage located at 537 K Street in Reedsburg. Both of these Garages are no longer adequate for the current fleet storage, repair activities, parts storage and employee quarters. The existing facilities are too small, improperly laid out, in need of many architectural and mechanical repairs. At this point, the Highway Department does not have a full cost projection on what it will take repair the buildings in order to maintain their working performance over the next few decades. Nor does the Highway Department have a full sense of what the current space needs are for these two Garage facilities. It is believed that the current buildings are beyond merit of further investment and that the aggregation of building space is too small for current and future operational needs. An RFP was sent out for a Facilities Condition Assessment, Space Needs Assessment, and Conceptual Design of both the Baraboo and Reedsburg Garages.  The study will also explore the option of combining the two facilities into one main shop.