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Commission approves $1.29 million replacement of 30 jail HVAC units; suspends rules for second reading
Summary
Ross County commissioners approved a $1,287,832 contract to replace 30 HVAC units at the county jail and suspended the rules to allow a second reading the same night; Commissioner Bobby Katz said the units were past their lifespan and urgent replacement was needed.
The Ross County Commission on the 15th approved a resolution to replace 30 heating, ventilation and air-conditioning units at the county jail at a cited cost of $1,287,832, and suspended the normal rules to allow a second reading the same night.
Commissioner Bobby Katz, who presented the resolution, said the existing units were worn out and posed a reliability risk. "They're past their life span, and we can't afford to have them go down," Commissioner Bobby Katz said. For emphasis and logistics, Katz also noted, "For the record, they're gonna do it with a helicopter." The commission voted to suspend the rules before taking the second reading and then approved the resolution.
The motion to approve was made, seconded and carried; the chair announced the recorded result as "19 4, 0." The action was presented as a capital outlay item intended to avoid emergency borrowing or a higher-cost repair later. The commission instructed staff to proceed with the second reading and implementation steps required by county purchasing rules.
The jail HVAC replacement joins other facility maintenance projects the commission cited as examples of why building reserves matter; the chair noted past budgeting decisions that left the county prepared for this kind of capital need.
