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Lee County staff report progress on courthouse, health department and facility upgrades
Summary
County maintenance staff told the board that retaining-wall plans for the Old Courts are under revision, the new courthouse transformer was recently replaced to stabilize voltage, LED lighting and several remodels are complete or underway, and a generator radiator leak may require future repairs.
County maintenance staff updated board members on a series of facility projects and day-to-day repairs during the meeting.
Eric, the county maintenance representative, said the Old Courts retaining-wall rendering is back with the designer (revisions number three) and that underground utility lines from Nyore are impeding the northwest corner of the site. "We keep changing our minds on things," Eric said, describing the iteration process for the wall design.
On building systems, Eric reported repeated rooftop-unit (RTU) control issues that staff are addressing and said Comemed replaced the new courthouse transformer last Saturday, raising output from about 201 volts toward an expected ~208 volts for summer operations. "We juiced it up to 215... hopefully we're roughly around 208 when we get to the RTUs and everything will be nice and smooth for the summer season," Eric said.
Eric also reported several completed and in-progress projects: LED conversions on the second-floor receiving spaces are complete; a small grant-funded remodel at the public defender's office (carpet, drywall, drop ceiling) is expected to finish next week; new-court scanning of documents is complete though staff still must integrate systems documentation; and the first-floor health-department flooring and painting project is scheduled to begin April 7 with an estimated six to eight-week duration.
He noted ongoing warranty management with the Allied air-conditioning upgrade and said the warranty term runs through August; the board discussed that replacement parts can restart warranty periods in some cases. Eric said a radiator leak on the New Courts generator was limping the unit along and that radiator repair, while much cheaper than a new generator, should be considered in future budgets.
On plumbing and water systems, Eric said Hartwig is unloading water-softening equipment for the law enforcement center and crews expect a marked improvement to the water system when the work is finalized. He added that a failing hot-water circulation pump was replaced and that he is attending a building-operator certification program through June to improve facility operations knowledge.
Board members asked clarifying questions about jail-area work and whether cells would be removed; Eric said crews are only cleaning and removing leftover materials at this time and are not removing cells. The board also discussed obtaining pothole locates to verify buried utilities before excavation on the retaining-wall site.
The meeting moved on without formal policy votes on the maintenance items.
