In November 2006, Mayor Mary Clare Higgins appointed a committee to oversee the site selection, planning, design, and construction of a new Police Station for the City of Northampton.
The current station located at 29 Center Street, constructed in 1965 to serve both the Registry of Motor Vehicles and the Northampton Police Department, has outlived its capacity for modern policing operations.
A 2003 "Needs Assessment and Facility Master Plan" was prepared by Rebanks, Pepper, Littlewood Architects, Inc. of Toronto examining the current and future facility needs of the Northampton Police Department. A copy of that study is downloadable HERE.
The Police Station Building Committee, like previous committees formed to oversee municipal building projects, is comprised of citizens, staff, and elected officials.
Co-Chairs:
Robert Ostberg, Capital Improvements Committee member
Chief Russell Sienkiewicz, Northampton Police Department
Members:
Officer Michael Allard, Northampton Police Department
Juanita Forsythe, Project Management/Contracting Consultant
Jonathan Hite, Northampton Housing Authority Director
Jeanne Hoose, Skate Park In Northampton (S.P.I.N.) Committee
Captain Joseph Koncas, Northampton Police Department
Susan Maguire, Probation Officer, Franklin/Hampshire Juvenile Court
David Murphy, Ward 5 City Councilor
David Narkewicz, Ward 4 City Councilor
Lieutenant Scott Savino, Northampton Police Department
Anthony Patillo, City Building Commissioner
David Pomerantz, City Central Services Director