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County maintenance reports HVAC failures, jail door electronics issues; parts ordered, inspections passed
Summary
County maintenance staff told the Good Services Committee on March 3 that a variable-frequency drive failure and a seized fan motor disrupted heating and ventilation in county offices, that repairs and parts are pending, and that recent elevator and dumbwaiter inspections passed.
At the Iroquois County Good Services Committee meeting March 3, county maintenance staff described a string of building maintenance problems including a failed variable-frequency drive that shut down part of the building's heating loop, a seized motor in an office air handler, and ongoing troubleshooting of a retrofit door control in the jail.
The committee heard that the VFD failure occurred on a cold morning and caused circulating pumps and several units to shut down, leaving portions of the building cold until staff power-cycled units and used a temporary fan to keep the drive cooled while replacement parts were ordered. "I had a VFD drive in the border of the hood ... and the cooling fan went out. It shut the pump off," said Chris, the county's maintenance staff, who described opening the control box and using a box fan as a temporary measure while waiting for parts ordered by Joshua, a county technician.
Chris also reported that he found a seized motor on an office air-handler fan and has ordered a replacement; Joshua is expected to install the part when it arrives. In the jail, staff said a contractor recently replaced an electric strike on the front door after the old mechanism failed; replacement work at cell doors had been completed previously under a capital improvement project but one of the retrofitted door control boards has gone unresponsive. The contractor who performed the retrofit will return on a weekend to troubleshoot the remaining locked-but-open indicator and replace failing circuitry.
Other maintenance items reported to the committee: Otis conducted its required pressure test and inspection of the main elevator and the jail dumbwaiter, both of which passed; county staff will have Getz retag fire extinguishers in all three county buildings this month; painting was performed in two health-department offices and staff moved a wall-mounted television from an exam room to the waiting area and ran a new circuit so it can be used for children's programming; and cabinets were relocated to improve workspace in assessment.
Committee members asked about warranties on recent retrofit work and were told staff will check warranty terms and keep the committee updated. Chris said he will notify the committee when contractors schedule return visits and when parts arrive and are installed.
The report concluded with a request for any follow-up questions; none were raised during the meeting.
