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Coast Coliseum reports HVAC failure; county asked to consider aid as Coastal Mississippi staff work from home
Summary
Matt McDonald, director of Coast Coliseum, told the Harrison County Board of Supervisors the convention center's aging HVAC system has forced Coastal Mississippi staff out of their offices and presented three repair options ranging from a $217,000 temporary fix to an $832,000 central-system replacement.
Matt McDonald, director of Coast Coliseum, told the Harrison County Board of Supervisors that a long-running HVAC problem at the county-owned convention center has forced Coastal Mississippi staff to vacate their office space and work from home.
McDonald said the facility currently relies on 32 individual mini-split air-conditioning units located above office ceilings and that refrigerant-line failures have caused repeated leaks. “They're operating with 32 individual air conditioning units that are placed in each different office above the ceiling,” McDonald said. He said technicians traced the immediate failures to leaking refrigerant lines and evaporation-related deterioration.
The Coliseum presented three cost options to the board: an estimated…
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