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Jersey City administration seeks $250,000 amendment to HVAC contract after unresolved maintenance issues
Summary
City staff told the municipal council the McCloskey contractors HVAC contract needs an additional $250,000 because ongoing maintenance and catch-up repairs at municipal buildings exceeded the original $400,000 contract.
Jersey City officials asked the Municipal Council to approve a $250,000 amendment to an existing HVAC services contract for city-owned buildings, saying continuing maintenance problems and catch-up repairs exhausted the original funds.
The request would increase the contract with McCloskey contractors from $400,000 to a total of $650,000 to cover repairs at multiple city sites, including the Municipal Court Complex and the Public Works Complex, a staff member told the council. The staff member said the city had previously replaced an initial contractor amid questions about billed services and that the department has since reassigned the staff member responsible for inspections.
The additional funding is available in account 0120126291310, the staff member said. Council members asked where costs were incurred and pressed for specifics; the staff member described “tremendous issues” across several systems and said much of the work represented catch-up maintenance after a period when scheduled inspections did not occur.
No formal vote on the amendment is recorded in the caucus discussion. Council members asked follow-up questions about scope and prior contractor performance but did not reach a decision during the meeting.
The item was presented during the administration’s routine procurement and contract update for the night; no ordinance or statute was cited as requiring this specific amendment.
