PARIS — Town Manager Phil Tarr said a report on options for the former fire station on Pine Street will be finished by the next Board of Selectmen meeting, but the results aren’t good.

The town had determined there are three options for the Market Square building: Sell it, refurbish it for town use or demolish it.

Selling it could net the town as much as $50,000, but the chance of finding a buyer in the current real estate market is low. Refurbishing it is estimated to cost about $80,000, Tarr said Monday.

When the board last discussed the matter in April, selectmen were told the building would cost $27,000 to demolish, not counting hazardous waste removal. Since then, Tarr said the estimated cost of waste disposal would be about $105,000.

Board Chairman Ted Kurtz asked about burning the building. He was told the standing building couldn’t be burned down. He suggested demolishing the building, then burning the rubble.

Tarr said he had discussed that option with fire Chief Brad Frost, who told him hazardous waste and other potential pollutants would have to be removed from the rubble before burning.

“By the time you separate that so that you could burn it, I wouldn’t say you’re going to save a whole lot of money,” Tarr said.

Last year, the board polled Paris residents on what the town should do with the Pine Street station. Tarr said votes were divided almost evenly between refurbishing and demolishing the building. Selling it was less popular.

The fire station has been abandoned since the department moved to its new station on Western Avenue.

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