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Hall County approves asbestos change order, adds admin-flooring and antivirus renewal to ARPA items
Summary
Commissioners approved a roughly $6,800 change order to remove previously undetected asbestos in an old county building, agreed to add administration‑building flooring to ARPA projects, and approved paying a $40,057.39 antivirus renewal from ARPA funds; the board also authorized a $7,000 grant to First Light Child Advocacy Center earlier in the meeting.
The Hall County Board of Commissioners approved several facilities‑ and ARPA‑related actions, including an asbestos removal change order, an ARPA allocation for administration‑building flooring and an ARPA payment for an IT antivirus renewal.
Facilities manager Dune told commissioners that multiple layers of wall materials concealed asbestos in the old health department building and that prior inspections had missed the layers. “When they started tearing off the first layer of asbestos, they ran into some paneling and then removed the paneling and there was asbestos underneath it,” Dune said, explaining why a change order was necessary.
The board approved the change order (about $6,800) to cover the additional abatement work (motion seconded; 7‑yes votes).
On ARPA spending, staff proposed adding administration‑building flooring replacement to the ARPA list. Commissioners also voted to pay an antivirus software renewal for $40,057.39 from ARPA funds after an amendment to use ARPA for that purchase passed on a 6‑yes vote.
Earlier in the meeting the board approved a $7,000 budget request for First Light Child Advocacy Center; that grant and the antivirus payment were explicitly placed on the ARPA ledger during the discussion.
The board directed Dune to return in two weeks with an estimate and a plan to rectify flooring issues in the administration building and to provide line‑item quotes for the ARPA allocations. The asbestos change order and the antivirus invoice were recorded as approved in the meeting minutes.
Next steps: Facilities will return with firm flooring estimates and a remediation plan; IT/finance will document the ARPA expenditure for the antivirus renewal and the First Light grant in ARPA accounts and public records.
