Committee backs budget amendment to replace welding-shop ventilation
The committee approved amending the 2026 fiscal-management budget to replace the welding-shop ventilation system after engineers found inadequate exhaust during plasma-cutter use; director said interim exhaust fans and a policy requiring open doors were used while a replacement is procured.
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The Rock County General Services Committee approved a 2026 budget amendment to replace the ventilation system in the public-works welding shop after county engineers observed that fumes were not being exhausted properly and recorded only 11 air exchanges per hour during use of a plasma cutter.
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