WILTON – A four-unit apartment building at 710 Main St. was declared a dangerous building by selectmen Tuesday. The board ordered the building to be vacated and secured within 30 days.

Concerns including missing smoke detectors, fire alarms, doors and escapes, electrical violations and lack of handrails and lighting in common areas were brought before the board by Code Enforcement Officer Paul Montague. On the positive side, exit windows have been installed but at this point, all work on the building has stopped, he said.

Montague told the board that he has received tenant complaints about the building since he started working for the town. Some of the violations were included in a state fire marshal’s order of correction dated Oct. 31, 2006, and another similar order was issued in 2001 to a prior owner.

The owner, Carl Morin, and one tenant are living in the building, said a representative from Morin’s finance company. The company is working with him to find other housing and have a buyer ready to purchase and rehabilitate the Main Street building.

During the public hearing, police Chief Dennis Brown expressed concerns about kids hanging out in the building, mostly 11- to 17-year-olds, he said. The department has received eight calls in three months at the site and parents are asking why something can’t be done, he added.

“It’s not just an adult but kids, a lot of younger kids,” he said.

The board agreed that people need to be barred from the building until violations are corrected.

In other business, the board also unanimously voted to put the Fire Department’s squad truck up for bid for $5,000, with bids accepted until Dec. 14.

Assistant fire Chief Tom Doak proposed purchasing a squad truck from Sugarloaf Rescue Vehicles. Doak had brought a request to replace the squad truck to the Nov. 7 meeting, noting that the present squad truck has not met standards for the past couple years but the department continued to use it. The squad truck has since been taken off the road, he said.

Doak was asked to return to the board with a plan on how to finance the proposed $15,000 squad truck the department wants.

Selectmen Terry Brann and Russell Black, while agreeing that the proposed $15,000 squad truck was a good deal for the town, voiced frustration that the fire department keeps returning to ask for more and chided the department for what they see as poor planning.

The board will review the bids at the Dec. 18 meeting and consider a warrant for a special town meeting.