RUMFORD – Selectmen agreed Thursday night to resurrect an ad hoc committee to decide how to address issues recently raised by the state Fire Marshal’s Office.

The town has 10 days, or until next Friday, to present a plan to the state on how it intends to remedy several violations to the fire code in the Municipal Building.

Although the state office rarely if ever shuts down a building because of violations to the fire code, the town does have liability for safety issues, said Nelson Collins, supervisor of inspections and licensing, Thursday afternoon.

The board decided to notify the state Fire Marshal’s Office that the town is spending about $13,000 to fix many of the relatively minor electrical issues in the nearly century-old Municipal Building, as identified by a federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspection in January. Selectmen will also point out that the changes will bring the building into compliance on the minor matters cited, and call together an ad hoc committee to address the major issues.

Collins said his office will review the plan for fixing the violations, and the timetable for meeting the requirements, then approve or deny all or part of the plan.

If a portion or all of the plan is denied by the state office, Collins said his department generally will renegotiate a timetable of how and when the requirements will be met.

The most expensive parts of the listed violations are insufficient numbers of egresses from each of the floors, and partial walls that enclose many of the municipal offices. Also, fire alarm, emergency lighting and sprinkler systems must be installed.

Town Manager Steve Eldridge said residents may face a referendum question during the November election asking permission to borrow money from the state bond bank to make the necessary renovations and corrections.

Residents refused to raise the state-imposed tax cap during the annual town meeting in June that would have allowed the town to borrow state money ranging from $800,000 to meet the minimum requirements to meet codes, to a high of $2.9 million that would have included a major renovation to the Municipal Building including fixing the police department, making some code improvements to the fire station, and building a lobby and entrance between the two buildings.

Eldridge said the committee will likely reform late next week, or early the week after.