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County facilities report: HVAC replacement under budget; radio towers to get geo‑redundant brain
Summary
Facilities staff reported a planned PSP HVAC air-handling replacement for under $500,000 and described a geo‑redundant radio 'brain' to keep county radio towers synchronized in power outages.
Facilities staff briefed supervisors on several capital projects, including a planned PSP HVAC air-handling-unit replacement and upgrades to the county’s radio tower synchronization systems.
Why it matters: staff said the HVAC unit replacement price came in substantially lower than earlier estimates and that radio-brain redundancy addresses a failure that disrupted communications when a local generator did not power the tower controller.
Frank (facilities special projects presenter) said the PSP HVAC air-handling-unit replacement was competitively bid and that the selected contractor will perform the work for less than $500,000, below prior estimates as high as $1 million. "We're getting it for less than $500,000," Frank said; staff added they will monitor contractor work closely.
On communications, staff described multiple county radio towers (including locations near the Public Safety Building and Silver Lake) and explained that when the main controller failed during a power loss, radio communications degraded. Staff said they are adding a redundant controller (a second "brain") at the Public Safety Building so that if one controller fails, the other will keep radio synchronization and operations functioning.
Ending: Supervisors acknowledged the lower HVAC estimate and asked staff to continue close contractor oversight; the committee requested coordination with emergency management and the sheriff’s department for tower maintenance responsibilities.
