WSP report finds widespread deferred maintenance across county facilities; recommends targeted replacements and possible property disposition

A consultant presentation to the committee on county facilities on July 16 recommended a program of prioritized repairs and preventive maintenance after rating most county buildings in the “fair” range and flagging aging HVAC systems, water infiltration and accessibility shortfalls. The county hired WSP to perform a facilities condition assessment covering the courthouse, juvenile detention center, Gift Avenue complex, the kennel at PCAPS, the election commission space at a leased building, the emergency management facility and the county highway administration building. Danette Galvin, senior project manager for WSP, said the firm assigned most sites condition ratings of 2–3 on a 1–5 scale and emphasized recurring issues with mechanical systems and masonry deterioration. “One of the observations that was made over and over again in this facility was the aging HVAC systems,” Galvin said. The report’s nut graf: the assessment documents problems that, left unaddressed,…