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Commission approves emergency HVAC replacement at Justice Center and replacement of jail fire alarm system
Summary
The commission authorized moving forward on a $500,000 replacement of the Justice Center HVAC (funded from the Justice Center fund) and approved replacing the jail's outdated fire-alarm system at a cost of $429,756.24, with a $16,000/year service contract to be added to the sheriff's operations budget.
The mayor told commissioners the Justice Center's seven-year-old HVAC failed after heavy early use and ice-storm damage; staff installed a temporary cooler and asked permission to amend the budget and use $500,000 already set aside in the Justice Center fund to purchase a replacement system.
"It's gonna be a $500,000," the mayor said, adding funds exist in the Justice Center fund so the county would not need to draw on fund balance. Commissioners voted to approve the budget amendment and proceed.
Sheriff Eads described a separate but related capital need: the jail's fire alarm system had failed, requiring sustained "fire watch" for months. He told commissioners that engineers concluded the 2010-era system could not be fixed and the replacement cost is $429,756.24; commissioners approved moving forward and were told a $16,000/year service contract will be added to the sheriff's operational budget.
