LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — Options for a new public safety facility are not far from the Select Board's hands.

"The [Public Safety Building Committee] is in the final throws of turning it back over to the Select Board," Chair Mark Siegars said on Monday.

Members have agreed on three alternating designs: one for just a police station that is a redesign of a nearly decade-old proposal, one for a combined police and emergency medical services station, and a standalone EMS facility with room for expansion.

"All these will be laid out on the Skyline property and so that you could have the single building, the combined building, or two separate buildings," Siegars explained.

At last year's annual town meeting, voters shot down a nearly $6 million proposal for a combined police and EMS facility. A new committee was established to bring forward a plan that resonates with the town.

The Fire Department was originally included among the three options but that was scrapped in the spring when the cost estimate was much more than the town could stomach. Architect Brian Humes had worked with the Fire Department on a needs assessment and it was determined that the department would require a building of more than 19,000 square feet, costing around $20 million alone.

"There is a community service that's paid for by the government where technical assistance can come into communities and talk to the community about financing through the [U.S. Department of Agriculture]. They finally responded back to the committee," Siegars said.

"We've had some discussion about whether trying to have a meeting with the Select Board, the committee, having a general community presentation, so that people really understand what the process is. Not necessarily what the money is but what the process is because that's really a big issue, is making sure that people understand what the process is."