The Occum Volunteer Fire Department on Route 97 has been awarded a $100,000 state grant to cover a host of building upgrade projects, but city officials want to study the project further before accepting the grant.
The City Council on Monday voted to delay action on whether to accept the grant and referred the issue to the council’s Public Works and Capital Improvements Committee. The committee will research the project and vote on a recommendation at its Oct. 18 meeting just prior to the City Council meeting that night.
The grant from the state Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection would cover renovations including handicapped-accessible first-floor bathrooms, refurbishing the second-story meeting room floor, new entrance doors and a new exterior sign to announce upcoming events and public safety alerts, fire Chief Carroll Spaulding told the City Council on Monday.