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City council approves $147,000 HVAC replacement at Indiana Firehouse
Summary
The Long Beach City Council on Nov. 18 approved a $147,000 contract to replace an aging rooftop HVAC at the Indiana Firehouse. City officials said the system has been difficult to maintain, has been out of service intermittently for up to two years and will be replaced with a 17.5-ton unit funded from the capital projects building-improvements line.
The Long Beach City Council on Nov. 18 approved a $147,000 agreement with Premier Mechanical to replace the rooftop HVAC unit at the Indiana Firehouse. The city said the current system is beyond its useful life and has been difficult for the Department of Public Works to maintain, producing sweltering conditions that hamper volunteer firefighters.
City Manager Dan Creighton, who introduced the item, told the council the department had identified savings that allowed the city to move the project forward sooner than originally planned. ‘‘It's well past its useful life and proven very difficult for DPW to maintain, resulting in uncomfortable environments for our volunteer firefighters,’’ Creighton said during the presentation.
City staff said funds for the replacement are available in the capital project's building improvements line. The replacement unit was described in the meeting as a like-for-like rooftop unit of about 17.5 tons. Officials said the $147,000 contract came through a Suffolk County solicitation that produced three responses and that DBW (Department of Public Works) checked other vendors, which returned higher prices.
The council moved and seconded the item and adopted the resolution by roll-call vote; Council Members Bendo, Lester, Reinhart, Fiamara and President Finn were recorded as voting "Yes." The city did not specify a contractor start date at the meeting. Staff members on hand (including DPW representatives) said they would answer additional scheduling and technical questions outside the meeting.
Next steps: the agreement was authorized at the Nov. 18 meeting and staff indicated procurement would proceed under the terms presented; the council did not set an implementation deadline in public session.
