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Missoula County requests $250,000 to replace detention facility cooling tower
Summary
County facilities staff said the detention facility''s nearly 28-year-old cooling tower suffered major failures and the low bid came in higher than estimates; staff asked commissioners to use $250,000 in one-time savings to complete the replacement.
County facilities staff (covered by the Chief Administrative Officer during the meeting) said the existing evaporative cooling tower at the detention facility is original to the building and has experienced significant failures, prompting a replacement project.
"That unit that is out there is the original from when the jail was built a little over 28 years ago... it is time for that unit to be replaced," staff said, and reported the bid came in higher than engineering estimates. Staff requested an additional one-time $250,000 in cash from prior savings to complete the project; they explicitly stated the funding would not increase property taxes and would use existing county cash reserves.
Commissioners confirmed the ask is one-time and that the funds would allow the project to be completed this year; no formal vote was recorded at the hearing.
