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Assembly flags HVAC, mold concerns and long-term options for city–state courthouse/police building
Summary
Assembly members and maintenance staff discussed mold concerns and aging HVAC systems in the shared city–state building, and staff identified a possible $3 million project (60/40 state–city split) with a Sitka share of roughly $581,000; members raised questions about recoverability and a long-term police facility.
Assembly members and maintenance staff spent an extended portion of the Jan. 9 meeting discussing condition issues at the shared city–state building that houses court functions and municipal offices, focusing on HVAC reliability, water infiltration and staff reports of odors and health complaints.
Staff said the building's HVAC system is original to 1974 and had intermittent modifications in later decades. The assembly was told the total appropriation shown in the capital list for building work is $3,000,000; staff said that figure reflected the full project and that the city’s portion would be roughly $581,000 if the…
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