GRANT REQUEST
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MOTION to allocate funds from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) for the replacement of the following HVAC Systems:
? Ledyard Emergency Services Building at 11 Fairway Drive, $200,000
? Ledyard Senior Citizens Facility at 12 Van Tassel Drive, $155,000
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Background:
There were several unanticipated HVAC failures at Town buildings over the last two years. This is coupled with need to rotate out aging assets and realignment of provisions based on current space usage:
? Town Hall: Failure of the A/C-heat pumps serving the front half of the building. The system supplying the rear half was of the same vintage. It was decided to proceed with comprehensive replacement. The $80,000 project was funded through ARPA and is complete except for improvements in the Town Clerk Vault and replacement of the MIS split unit. This project was a combination of an Omni Partners government services bid for the equipment and CT State bid for the labor.
? Emergency Services Building (ESB): Multiple failures of heating and A/C. Phase 1 of the most urgent heating repairs involving straightforward replacement/reorientation was completed for about $84,000 with associated electrical work, the bulk of which through CT State bid (Air Temp-$80K, attached). A second estimate through Omni Partners (Trane) would have exceeded $95,000 (attached), without miscellaneous associated work. Funds were drawn from the Building Upgrade Reserve account.
Remaining work included broader heating and A/C replacements that cannot be suitably accomplished apart from substantial realignment to meet present and prospective building utilization. Substantial effort has been put into this and is reflected the firm quote through a CT State bid proposal for $190,000 (Air Temp, attached). This price is good until February 19, 2023.
? Senior Center: The Senior Center has been operating with partial A/C an...
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