Rehoboth Town Hall History

Front entrance
  • Built in 1956 as a Nike Missile Site
  • Acquired as Rehoboth’s Town Hall in 1971 from the Federal Government for $5,900. Appropriated $12,000 for renovations, furnishings, and equipment.
  • 10-19-1987 – Establishment of Town Building Needs Study Committee.
  • April 9, 1990 committee report stated “we had determined that the most serious problems were with Town Hall and the Police Department and should be addressed as soon as possible.”
  • First Discussion of Building a New Town Hall – 1999-2000
    • Cost of Project = $2,500,000 (one building - Town Hall only)
    • Defeated by 120 votes = 385 (yes) 505 (no)
  • Second Discussion – Public Safety Building – June 27, 2005 and again on September 12, 2005 ~ Debt Exclusions
    • Cost of Project = $2,900,000 (one building - Public Safety only)
    • Defeated by 17 votes = 433 (yes) 450 (no) on 6/27/05 and defeated by 929 votes in September = 114 (yes) 1,043 (no).
  • Third Discussion 2012 - Purchase 340 Anawan for Town Hall – June 26, 2012 Debt Exclusion
    • Cost of Project = $1,800,000 (one building - Town Hall only)
    • Defeated by 362 votes = 666 (yes) and 1,028 (no)
  • Fourth Discussion 2016/2017 – Government Complex – (Six facilities in one building - Town Hall - Public Safety - Building) Town Hall, Police, Fire, Ambulance, REMA, and Building Department
    • Cost of Project = $9,300,000 (Six Facilities in one Building)
    • Defeated by 120 votes = 1,197 (yes); 1,317 (No)
  • Fifth Discussion beginning Fall 2018 and continuing through 2019 — New Municipal Building Study Committee working to review architectural plans and propose a new process. 
  • In February 2020 the Board of Selectmen has been able to purchase a large and fully functional furnished modular police building from the town of Dartmouth. The MBSC Committee has unanimously endorsed this action, which represents a major step in the project to obtain improved municipal facilities. The Committee will adjust its previous planning work, framing a new schedule with new (lower) assumptions about costs and funding. Now, the new Police facility and a remodeled Fire facility will be identified as Phase 1, for completion during 2020. Phase 1 will entirely use existing town resources, with no impact on taxes or cuts in any services. Then, constructing new Town Hall and Shelter buildings will be pursued as Phase 2.