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County facilities manager outlines stepped-up preventative maintenance, Justice Center plumbing costs drive budget increase
Summary
Flathead County presented a maintenance budget that grows mainly to cover Justice Center plumbing work and increased contracted HVAC/controls maintenance with Johnson Controls; staff emphasized bringing more work in-house and filling openings to reduce long-term costs.
Flathead County staff on April 29 told commissioners the facilities maintenance budget is rising primarily because of recent plumbing repairs at the Justice Center and planned increases to a Johnson Controls service contract for preventative HVAC maintenance.
The county’s facilities representative said crews are shifting from strictly emergency repairs toward preventative maintenance across campus buildings. “We’re working to pick that up and not just do stuff that’s, you know, right now, emergency stuff, but try to have time to do preventative…
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