Council approves short-term cooling measures for Hamilton Hotel residents
Following resident complaints and staff wellness checks, council authorized the mayor's priority funds to purchase portable air-conditioning units for two-bedroom Hamilton Hotel apartments and directed staff to present a reimbursement resolution and timeline for repairs.
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The mayor reported visiting the Hamilton Hotel and said some units showed dangerously high indoor temperatures; he moved to use his priority funds to buy additional portable air-conditioning units for two-bedroom apartments as an immediate remedy, and the council approved the motion. "I personally visited the Hamilton and installed a portable air conditioning unit... the temperature was 91 degrees," the mayor said, arguing that single units were insufficient in larger two-bedroom units.
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