Pictured is the Carroll Town Hall at 5 W. Main St. in Frewsburg. P-J photo by Timothy Frudd

FREWSBURG — Carroll town officials want to see what funding options might be available for the possible construction of a new municipal building.

Town Board members last month unanimously approved the hiring of Danielle Patti of D. Patti Grant Procurement & Consultation in Jamestown.

Services sought from Patti, according to a resolution brought forward by town Supervisor Russell Payne, would be to “research and locate an appropriate grant or grants to be utilized to construct a new municipal building for the town of Carroll.” Payne had broached the idea of hiring a grant writer in May, but the resolution to hire Patti was tabled until the Town Board’s meeting June 8.

The current municipal building houses the town clerk’s office, Carroll Town Court and the Carroll Police Department.

There was little discussion on what the board might want in a new town hall. The resolution approved last month would be for Patti’s initial fee to put together a feasibility report.

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A resident did question where the town was looking to put a new building.

“Well, we’re thinking we would raze the building behind us,” Payne said of the former highway garage located behind the current town hall at 5 W. Main St. in Frewsburg. He said the town owns the property and, if the former garage was demolished, a new facility could be built in its place.

It was noted that the former garage is currently home to the Carroll Historical Society.

Carroll is certainly not the only town in Chautauqua County exploring options for a new municipal building. In the town of Clymer, a public hearing was held in late March to go over preliminary plans to bring several town entities under one roof. Discussions also have been held in Gerry for a new building.

And in just the past few years, the town of North Harmony constructed a new courthouse and administrative building in Stow.

In other business:

¯ Carroll Police Chief Bill Nelson updated the Town Board on what he said had been a busy May. He referenced “numerous car larcenies” that occurred during the early morning hours May 29. Two juveniles involved in the larcenies were eventually identified, and police were able to recover more than $1,000 and other personal items that had been taken.

“Things that could have been prevented by locking your car door,” Nelson said. “We were able to get some property back and that was good.”

¯ Nelson said he received complaints from a resident regarding semi trucks parking overnight at Dollar General looking to unload product in the morning. The complaints are largely for the noise made by the refrigeration units on the trucks.

Town officials were looking to mediate the issue between the resident and the store.