Oklahoma County infrastructure officials voted on Thursday to reject current bids for the courthouse roof and approved soliciting bids to replace a failing juvenile justice center (JJC) chiller and to upgrade the county server-room HVAC.

The board, convened by Speaker 1, moved to reject the three submitted roofing proposals after Speaker 3 — identified in the transcript as speaking for District 1 — said the bids were "extremely high." Speaker 4 agreed and suggested delaying a rebid until July or August when court activity is lighter and market pricing might improve. The motion to reject the current bids passed by recorded "Aye" responses in the transcript; the speaker who verbally seconded the rejection is not clearly identified in the record.

On the JJC chiller, Speaker 4 reported the facility has two chillers — a rooftop unit serving the 4th floor and a ground-level unit serving the rest of the building — and said the ground unit is about "75% disabled." Repair estimates, Speaker 4 said, came back at "70 some thousand dollars" with what he described as an insufficient warranty for a repair; he therefore recommended full replacement and upsizing because a planned second-floor remodel would increase cooling needs. Speaker 4 estimated replacement pricing at about $2,000 per ton, yielding an approximate range of $300,000–$400,000 for the unit size discussed. Speaker 1 moved to issue a formal RFP for the chiller replacement; Speaker 3 seconded. The motion carried with an "Aye" recorded in the transcript.

For the Oklahoma County server room (annex, 3rd floor), Speaker 4 described the two existing Liebert units as 15 tons each (30 tons total) that run roughly 18 hours of every 24 to maintain temperature. He proposed replacing those units with chilled‑water equipment tied into the building's chilled‑water system to improve temperature predictability and reduce energy use. Speaker 1 moved to go out to bid for that work; the motion passed with three "Aye" responses recorded.

Bill, the BOCC owner's representative, delivered the owner's report on ARPA-funded projects. Bill said annex abatement is complete, court-clerk fit‑out is about 99% done with a post‑holiday punch list planned, the front entry remains on track for late February completion, and work at the behavioral health facility is progressing toward a late‑December target with low‑voltage coordination underway. On the ICB remodel, Bill said engineers and the architect of record are evaluating structural-column repair options — including epoxy repair, concrete wrap plus steel, or full structural steel — informed by imaging and testing from Terracon; he estimated the BARM portion could extend roughly five to six months beyond current schedules. Bill said cost estimates for some structural options are not yet available and would follow as designs are refined.

Votes at a glance (as recorded in the transcript):
• Approve minutes (Dec. 8): motion moved by Speaker 1; recorded "Aye" responses from Speaker 1 and Speaker 2. (Transcript: SEG 005–011.)
• Reject courthouse roof bids: motion moved by Speaker 1; transcript records a second but the seconding speaker is not clearly identified; "Aye" responses recorded. (Transcript: SEG 019–055.)
• Issue RFP for JJC chiller replacement: moved by Speaker 1, seconded by Speaker 3; passage recorded. (Transcript: SEG 056–110.)
• Issue bid for server-room HVAC (annex): moved by Speaker 1; motion passed with three recorded "Aye" responses. (Transcript: SEG 111–139.)
• Receive owner's report on ARPA projects: motion moved and passed; recorded "Aye" response(s). (Transcript: SEG 140–207.)

What happens next: The board indicated it will reject the current courthouse bids and may rebid later in the year (Speaker 4 suggested July–August). The county will issue RFPs for the JJC chiller and the server-room HVAC; timelines for those solicitations and firms selected were not specified in the record. Bill, the owner's representative, said cost details for the ICB structural options are pending as testing and design work continue.

Quotes (transcript attributions):
"These bids were extremely high," — Speaker 3, on the courthouse roof bids.
"Repair estimates came back at 70 some thousand dollars," — Speaker 4, on a JJC chiller repair estimate.
"Pricing for such a chiller...comes in at about $2,000 per ton," — Speaker 4, estimating replacement cost per ton for a new chiller.

Funding and authority notes: The transcript identifies ARPA funding for several building projects and refers to the BOCC owner's representative managing those projects. No statutes, ordinances, or other legal authorities were cited in the record.

Reporting note: Speakers in the transcript are identified by speaker number except for Bill, who is named and identified in the record as the BOCC owner's representative. Where the transcript does not explicitly name the person who seconded a motion or record full roll-call votes, this article reports the motion and the recorded "Aye" responses as they appear in the meeting record.