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County to move forward with $41,000 heating-system work at juvenile detention; contract to appear on action agenda
Summary
Therapeutic court staff briefed commissioners that the juvenile detention center's original heating system failed; staff requested authority to spend $41,000 with Bradley Air to install two heat pumps using existing refunded funds, with the vendor contract to be brought to the board for signature on the next action agenda.
Speaker 11 told the board that during the 2025 budget cycle the county had budgeted roughly $48,000 to replace cabinetry at the juvenile detention center, but a recent failure of the facility’s heating system requires immediate work. The heating system dates to 1998, and staff obtained a $41,000 bid from Bradley Air to install two heat pumps as replacements. Speaker 11 said they would like approval to use the previously budgeted/refunded funds (reallocating the cabinetry money) to pay Bradley Air and asked that the contract be placed on the action agenda so the vendor can start after a signed contract.
Commissioners indicated they had no objection to reallocating funds for a heating emergency but stressed the contract must be presented to the board for signature; Speaker 7 asked staff to provide the contract to the board in advance of the action meeting. No formal contract award or vote occurred during the briefing—staff were instructed to return the contract for formal action on the scheduled action agenda date.
