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Council approves change order for recreation facility; questions remain about heater size and safety justification
Summary
Hoyt Lakes councilors approved a change order for a recreation building project that includes work on an elevator platform and an electric hot-water heater intended to support emergency showers and decontamination capacity; councilors questioned the heater’s size and cost and asked staff to clarify specifications.
Council approved a change order for the recreation facility after discussion about an elevator platform configuration, tripping hazards, and a larger electric hot-water heater to supply showers and wash stations tied to an internal ammonia system.
Recreation Director Peterson described the work as recessing an elevator platform to avoid impeding the walkway, adding wiring and emergency-stop controls, and installing an electric water-heating unit sized to maintain temperature for potentially multiple people during emergency washdown. Councilors pressed staff for the rationale behind an unusually large heater and questioned whether gas would be more appropriate; staff said electric was chosen for safety reasons given the building’s interior systems.
Council members also reviewed project budget status, with staff noting the overall project remained under budget (staff reported roughly $90,000 under the projected total). A motion to approve the change order passed. The transcript records the final amount for the change order as '10,9865' (verbatim from the record), but that figure appears garbled in the audio transcript and could not be confirmed; the council motion to approve carried.
