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Lakeville trustees press planning for roof, HVAC and possible solar during capital‑plan discussion
Summary
At the Jan. 13 Lakeville Library Board of Trustees meeting, trustees pressed town facilities staff for clearer costs and timelines for a roof replacement planned for FY26, a heating-system project shown for FY27, and exploratory work on rooftop solar and other long‑term building needs.
The Lakeville Library Board of Trustees on Jan. 13 discussed a slate of building projects — including a roof replacement slated for fiscal 2026, a planned heating‑system replacement in fiscal 2027 and whether to pursue solar panels on the library roof — and asked town facilities staff for cost estimates and timing to include on the capital plan.
The discussion centered on why the projects matter now and the information trustees said they need to include placeholders on the town capital request due Jan. 17. Jennifer Jones, library director, said, “as far as I know, we are on for a roof replacement in FY26, which is desperately needed. We have sprung some more leaks.”
Why it matters: the library building is about 20 years old, trustees said, and multiple systems — heating, controls and the variable‑air‑volume (VAV) boxes that distribute conditioned air — are reaching end of life. Without planning, trustees said, failures lead to emergency repairs and higher, unpredictable costs.
Trustees and staff discussed three near‑term items: the roof, the heating system and the aging HVAC controls and VAV boxes. Jones said the capital plan already lists the heating replacement in FY27 for…
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