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Commissioners amend facilities purchase to buy 13 water‑source heat pumps after unit failure
Summary
After a compressor failure in an R‑22 unit, facilities staff amended a capital project to buy 13 water‑source heat pumps (up from 12) at an amended CoStar price of $50,985 and moved the CoStar/H & H Sales Associates contract to next week's consent agenda. Commissioners discussed inventory, lead times and configuration differences.
County facilities staff asked the board to amend a capital purchase to replace an additional water‑source heat pump after a recent failure. Jonathan (S10) said the failed unit's compressor could not be cost-effectively repaired and that the amended purchase would bring the total to 13 units at a CoStar purchase price of $50,985 from H and H Sales Associates.
Commissioners asked how many county units remain that use R‑22 refrigerant; Jonathan said approximately 100 countywide and added that replacement is ongoing. He cautioned that stocking spare units is complicated because units vary in flow direction, tonnage and voltage; lead time for a new unit is about eight weeks and portable units are used temporarily when a unit fails.
The board voted to amend the capital project to purchase 13 units and approved adding the amended CoStar contract to next week's consent agenda. Commissioners asked staff to consider whether purchasing a small number of spares would be practical, and staff said they would evaluate the request.
Jonathan provided the project cost and system context in public discussion; no additional financial detail beyond the amended total was provided during the meeting.
