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Gardner senior center flags heating repairs, plans supplemental budget request to city
Summary
Board leaders reported a corroded main line feeding several circulation pumps, an estimated near-$5,000 immediate repair for pumps and junction work, and an overall repairs/maintenance shortfall the staff expects to ask the mayor and council to fix via a supplemental budget amendment.
Speaker 2 told the board the center discovered a leaking junction on a main line that feeds multiple circulating pumps and described the line as corroded: "We're really just kinda limping along right now." The staff contacted Royal Steams (named in the transcript) to replace circulator pumps and repair the junction; Speaker 2 estimated the immediate cost for pumps and the junction repair would be "probably another close to $5,000." Speaker 2 said that, when combined with purchase orders already in place (listed as Kitridge, FM generator, American Alarm and sheet‑metal for the fire escape), the repairs and…
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