DALTON, Mass.—The Town Hall renovations projects are wrapping up, Town Manager Tom Hutcheson said during the Zoning Board of Appeals meeting on Tuesday. 

 

Cape Cod Builders is still going through their punch list from the designer, but the project is getting close to substantial completion.

 

There is now a separate rewiring project going on because previously the town hall experienced issues. 

 

"We're rewiring the [information technology] because before it had been really chaotic, and really not as useful because there weren't any data boards in the wall so everybody's phones went through their computers. It wasn't the best system for a number of reasons," Hutcheson said. 

 

The fiber ring is almost completed "so all these projects are kind of wrapping up at the same time," Hutcheson said. 

 

There was a big delay in the project in the winter because they did not want to work in "winter heating conditions" in an unheated building. 

 

Although the current Building and Grounds Superintendent Patrick Pettit will remain with the town part-time until the town hall project is complete, the town will get a new building and grounds superintendent who will take over aspects of the project. 

 

The town hopes to move back in late September.