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Finance committee authorizes contingency spending after deep-freeze failure at county jail
Summary
The committee approved using county board contingency funds to cover emergency replacement of deep-freeze equipment at the Adult Detention Facility after repeated compressor failures; one bid discussed was $149,004.50 and county staff said the sheriff’s budget could not absorb the cost.
The Will County Finance Committee authorized the use of the county board contingency to repair and replace a failing deep-freeze system at the Adult Detention Facility after staff described repeated compressor failures and lost refrigeration capacity.
Joseph Novak, who identified himself for the record as the county HVAC technician for the Adult Detention Facility, described the problem: "I do the HVAC at the adult detention facility," he said, and explained the system was 18 years old and that…
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