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Commissioners to seek electrician and bid specs for replacement/relocation of county generators
Summary
Commissioners discussed multiple generator needs — a quoted install for the Death Investigation Building and a larger project to provide natural‑gas backup for central dispatch/EMA — and agreed to authorize hiring an electrician to size loads so the county can issue bids for a replacement generator.
Staff presented quotes for a generator to serve the county’s Death Investigation Building; one quote showed an installation cost of $22,007.22 and staff discussed gas-service fees and electrical modifications included in the higher bids.
Commissioners then moved to the larger, operational question of replacing and relocating a major generator that currently serves dispatch. Opinions differed about whether the new unit should power the whole building or only critical systems; the commission directed staff to hire an electrician to calculate load requirements for central dispatch and the emergency management area, and to return with specifications so bids can be prepared. “The quote we got is $22,007.22,” staff reported for the morgue generator estimate during the discussion.
Ending: The next steps are to hire an electrical contractor to size the necessary generator load, prepare bid specifications for a natural‑gas generator to cover dispatch/EMA, and then solicit competitive bids for procurement.
