Flood Damage Closes Hopkinton Town Hall, Offices Moving

HOPKINTON, MA—The water damage at Hopkinton's town hall caused by a failed water pipe valve on

the third floor is substantial, and the building will be closed for at least two and a half months, according to officials.

The Town is relocating town hall-based offices to separate town facilities in order to keep these services open.

• The Town Clerk’s office is now located at the Police Station lobby, 74 Main St.
• Human Resources is at Hopkinton Public Schools Administration Building, 89 Hayden Rowe.
• Land Use, Permitting, Board of Health and Town Manager departments are at Hopkinton Fire Station, 73 Main St.
• Youth and Family Services, Finance, Accounting and Treasurer-Collector offices are at Hopkinton Senior Center, 28 Mayhew St.

Investments in technology and facilities over the past years allow the town departments to set up offices at the temporary locations with minimal interruption of service and to use the same phone numbers. Postal mailing and email addresses will not change.

The Board of Selectmen designated John Coutinho as its liaison to the Town Hall Repair and Relocation project. John is uniquely qualified for this role. He has 35 years’ experience as an engineer and is a licensed construction supervisor. He is currently Facilities Director at Golden Pond where he restored that facility
from a similar event a few months ago.

“Town Hall is closed right now to allow the remediation and repair teams to do their work and town staff to set up their offices in the new locations. We are doing our best to ensure that town offices are up and running by this afternoon,” said Coutinho in a statement.

Updates will be posted on Hopkintonma.gov, twitter.com/hopkintonma and Facebook.com/hopkintonma.gov