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Administration reports inspection, plans room‑by‑room testing after complaints
Summary
City administration told the council it had received inspection results and will conduct more detailed room‑by‑room testing with a remediation contractor after complaints about building conditions.
City administration told the Common Council on Feb. 2 that an inspection had been completed and that results were received earlier in the week. Staff said they had met with the remediation contractor and planned more detailed testing in the coming days.
Administration described the next step as pulling samples from individual rooms for additional testing: "the next couple of days, we're gonna pull each individual room," a staff member said. The remarks followed councillors' questions about why the council was meeting with the police department that evening and comments about prior building work (window replacements and energy‑savings measures) that may relate to the issue.
Councilors and staff discussed past building maintenance and possible causes; one councilor suggested reviewing older references because the building had previous work done that might affect current conditions. Administration did not provide a final remediation timetable or estimated costs during the meeting; those details were not specified in the public record.
