HVAC unit for county’s IT department costs more than anticipated
NORWICH – The price tag on a heating, ventilation and air conditioning system needed to maintain servers and computers at the county office building has increased $35,000 from an original $51,000 estimate that was budgeted.
Financial leaders meeting last week scrambled to authorize Tobacco Settlement Funds as a revenue source before the system became even more expensive. But committee members would have preferred to put the brakes on the project in order to make sure it offered heat exchange capabilities.
“We have a hammer over our head,” said Supervisor Alton B. Doyle, R-Guilford. “We are under the gun to accept the bid before the price goes up again, but need to re-evaluate (the bid).”
Chenango County’s portion of Tobacco Settlement funds filter down to the county annually from a 1998 federal settlement between the states and major tobacco companies. Treasurer William E. Evans reported that the county received $822,551 this year, a slight increase from years past.
Of the county’s portion, all but approximately $333,000 is committed to other projects, including $11,000 that was set aside for the Information Technology Department’s HVAC system last year. Evans recommended applying tobacco money to afford the increase.
Buildings and Grounds Assistant Superintendent Brian Aikins said the new system would be capable of pulling about 66,000 BTUs worth of hot air out of the roof of the building. Supervisor Dennis Brown, D-Pharsalia, and Supervisor Richard Schlag, D-German, asked Aikins to have the supplier research ways “to capture that heat back” for other uses in the building.
Brown moved to authorize Tobacco Settlement Funds as the revenue source, and added $1,000 in his motion for the supplier to research ways to reuse the heat extracted. Schlag seconded the motion. It passed unanimously.
The county’s tobacco money is allocated as such: $400,000 to afford operations and staffing at the Public Safety Facility; $52,000 toward tobacco awareness education; and $25,000 pledged to the Chenango County Historical Museum capital campaign.
Last year, financial leaders directed three county agencies to split the bill for the HVAC unit: public health, social services and the agency on aging. The latter pulled out of the agreement, choosing instead to purchase medical lifeline units for seniors.
Financial leaders meeting last week scrambled to authorize Tobacco Settlement Funds as a revenue source before the system became even more expensive. But committee members would have preferred to put the brakes on the project in order to make sure it offered heat exchange capabilities.
“We have a hammer over our head,” said Supervisor Alton B. Doyle, R-Guilford. “We are under the gun to accept the bid before the price goes up again, but need to re-evaluate (the bid).”
Chenango County’s portion of Tobacco Settlement funds filter down to the county annually from a 1998 federal settlement between the states and major tobacco companies. Treasurer William E. Evans reported that the county received $822,551 this year, a slight increase from years past.
Of the county’s portion, all but approximately $333,000 is committed to other projects, including $11,000 that was set aside for the Information Technology Department’s HVAC system last year. Evans recommended applying tobacco money to afford the increase.
Buildings and Grounds Assistant Superintendent Brian Aikins said the new system would be capable of pulling about 66,000 BTUs worth of hot air out of the roof of the building. Supervisor Dennis Brown, D-Pharsalia, and Supervisor Richard Schlag, D-German, asked Aikins to have the supplier research ways “to capture that heat back” for other uses in the building.
Brown moved to authorize Tobacco Settlement Funds as the revenue source, and added $1,000 in his motion for the supplier to research ways to reuse the heat extracted. Schlag seconded the motion. It passed unanimously.
The county’s tobacco money is allocated as such: $400,000 to afford operations and staffing at the Public Safety Facility; $52,000 toward tobacco awareness education; and $25,000 pledged to the Chenango County Historical Museum capital campaign.
Last year, financial leaders directed three county agencies to split the bill for the HVAC unit: public health, social services and the agency on aging. The latter pulled out of the agreement, choosing instead to purchase medical lifeline units for seniors.
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