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Maintenance manager warns outage exposed generator and redundancy gaps; county to pursue upgrades
Summary
Flathead County maintenance staff reported gaps in emergency backup power revealed by a recent outage and outlined near‑term projects including a Justice Center chiller upgrade, HVAC control improvements for records storage, and plans to add refrigerated circuits to emergency power.
Nate Kressley, Flathead County Maintenance Manager, told commissioners a recent multi‑day power outage highlighted weaknesses in emergency backup and distribution across county facilities.
Kressley said the outage provided an opportunity to see which systems were on backup power and which were not, noting server rooms and some building systems experienced partial outages due to power leg loss. The…
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