Council approves advertising for highway building replacement and funds to address jail heating controls
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Summary
The highway department requested $200,000 to build replacement maintenance/storage buildings at the Swiss City site and the council approved advertising; the council also approved advertising $64,900 from correctional facilities funds to address failing jail heating controls and replace outdated control systems causing temperature swings.
Highway and facilities officials told the council they plan to replace an aging highway building at the Swiss City site and requested authority to advertise for $200,000 to fund construction of basic enclosed bays, with a plan to add wash bays later.
"We're gonna move it about half the width of the building, but this will be close to the same locations as the existing building is," a highway representative said, explaining the buildings will be basic with concrete floors and constructed by a local contractor. The council approved advertising for the $200,000 and the related fund transfer.
Facilities staff also described chronic problems with the jail heating and control systems since expansion, including controls that are out of calibration, units that ice up and inability to modulate heat reliably. Officials said the control system is beyond its useful life and parts are hard to source, and presented an advertising request for $64,900 out of correctional facilities funds to address controls and repairs. The council approved advertising for that amount and asked staff to solicit additional pricing.
