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Polk County ratifies emergency HVAC procurements for probation office and jail
Summary
Facing sudden failures of cooling systems, Polk County Commissioners Court ratified advertisement of a chiller replacement bid for the adult probation building, selected a vendor for immediate work, and authorized emergency HVAC repairs at the county jail not to exceed $150,000.
Polk County Commissioners Court on May 13 ratified emergency procurement steps to replace failed HVAC systems at two county facilities and authorized emergency funding to restore conditioned space for staff and clients.
County maintenance staff reported a catastrophic failure of a chiller serving the adult probation facility in late March after an initial technician bypass and subsequent low‑refrigerant faults. Because the failure was sudden and posed an operational risk, county purchasing and maintenance advertised a bid package on…
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