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Facilities manager details roofing, HVAC and sprinkler projects; township won $630,000 BPU grant for police HVAC
Summary
Facilities Manager Brian Aronson reported the township secured a $630,000 Board of Public Utilities grant toward a roughly $1.45 million police/court HVAC replacement and described near-term roof, sprinkler and IT recovery-site projects.
Brian Aronson, the township's facilities maintenance manager, briefed the council on capital projects and IT-infrastructure work during the March 11 session. He said crews completed or nearly completed multiple roof replacements (West Windsor Arts Center, fire and EMS facilities and police department) and installed an emergency generator for the health department.
Aronson said the township was awarded about $630,000 from the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities through a direct energy-replacement program; the full HVAC replacement project for the police and court facility is estimated at about $1.45 million, and the BPU funding will cover roughly 43% of the cost, with the remainder structured as a 0% loan to the township. He said vendor lead times mean the police rooftop-unit replacements are likely to be scheduled and completed in the summer.
He described several other capital priorities: an off-site disaster-recovery upgrade for the municipal network, replacement of older servers and network hardware, EV-charger installations and ongoing municipal-building closeout and punch-list work from the construction project. Aronson said the township also completed a conditions assessment for the Skank farmstead and installed a metal roof at a historic pole barn.
On sprinklers, Aronson said work to install fire sprinkler systems (plus a chemical suppression system for kitchen hoods where required) at fire stations is moving forward. The council has previously allocated capital funding for sprinkler installations at volunteer fire stations, and engineering and bidding steps are underway for Station 45 and the Princeton Junction volunteer company. He noted that construction prices and material inflation (notably steel) can affect total costs and recommended architects or engineers be funded if needed to evaluate older buildings before construction.
Aronson also noted the municipal IT team is replacing aging desktop computers and planning a hardware refresh for the off-site disaster-recovery site; the council will consider a resolution to approve funding for that replacement. He said some Microsoft licensing has moved from purchase to subscription and that the township is budgeting for that continuation.
