Mayor flags aging HVAC, pool house grant denial; city plans HVAC quotes, budget for new system
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The mayor told aldermen City Hall’s HVAC is failing and staff will seek quotes to replace the system for the FY2026 budget; public works also reported a failed commercial hot water heater and Butler Supply appears as a vendor on the bills list.
The mayor reported recurring failures in City Hall’s HVAC system and said the city will solicit quotes to replace the entire system for inclusion in the fiscal‑year 2026 budget after multiple recent repairs and the failure of an original standard compressor.
The mayor told aldermen the building was built around 1998 and that components are reaching about 30 years of age. “We are going to seek quotes to replace the entire system, to bring forward to be able to hopefully include in the budget for the fiscal year 2026,” the mayor said.
Public works commissioner Bergman reported the pool’s power washing started and confirmed a failure of the commercial hot water heater at City Hall; the replacement vendor on the bills list is Butler Supply. Bergman described the unit as a heavy‑duty commercial heater that supplies hot water for the entire building and noted fuses and lighting items previously purchased from Butler’s appeared on earlier bills.
In the mayor’s report the city also said it will return $28,927 in surplus ARPA funding to SLRFA (the ARPA fund administrator) because the city’s obligated amount was less than received. The mayor also said the city applied for the Missouri State Parks Land and Water Conservation Fund grant for a pool‑house project but was not selected; the grant round received 29 eligible applicants requesting over $8.3 million and awarded six projects totaling about $2.2 million.
Budget context and next steps: Staff will collect replacement quotes for the HVAC and a bill for the hot water heater will be considered on the bills list; the mayor told aldermen he plans to include the HVAC replacement request in next year’s budget process.
Quotes: “So just bringing this up, letting everybody know that we've had issues, and as we're going into budget time, we are going to seek quotes to replace the entire system, to bring forward to be able to hopefully include in the budget for the fiscal year 2026,” the mayor said.
Ending: The board did not act to approve the HVAC replacement at the April 15 meeting beyond directing staff to collect quotes for the budget process. The Butler Supply replacement and other bills related to the water heater were placed on the bills list for consideration.