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Park County maintenance warns of dispatch flooding and potential $150,000–$250,000 electrical upgrade
Summary
Maintenance staff described water intrusion into the dispatch area caused by incorrectly sloped concrete and said the county may need a major electrical upgrade that could cost $150,000 to $250,000 if fire department items require added capacity.
Maintenance staff told commissioners that storm water flowed into the dispatch area because the exterior concrete slope directs water toward the building and that the county may face significant repair and electrical upgrade costs.
Matt, staff member (building maintenance), said that during a large rainstorm "the concrete isn't sloped the right direction, so the water drained into the building, went through dispatch. Luckily, nothing was ruined." He said crews were able to move equipment off the floor and that one likely remedy is replacing or regrading the concrete outside the dispatch entrance.
Matt also raised an electrical capacity issue tied to items the fire department identified for repair. "We might have to look at getting more power into this building. Right now, our electrical panels [are] maxed out," Matt said, and estimated a new service and internal work could cost "a hundred and fifty to 250,000" depending on how many new circuits and a new line into the building are required. He noted the courthouse was built in 1976 and was not originally designed for the number of computers and electrical loads now typical in county offices.
Erica, staff member (budget presenter), acknowledged the item as a placeholder in the budget and said staff would seek estimates and more detail over the coming weeks before bringing any formal request to the commission. No formal appropriation or contract award was made at the workshop.
Why it matters: a flood into dispatch would threaten equipment and operations in an emergency communications area; an electrical service upgrade at the scale described would be a sizable capital expense for the county. The maintenance office and fire department flagged the issues, and staff said they will return with cost estimates and recommendations to the commission.
