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5M,� 13 MEMO TO: MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL FROM: CLFRK-ADMINISTRATO DATE: APRIL 15, 1988 SUBJECT: CITY HALL HEATING AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS As you may recall, the 1988 budget contains a $25,000 line item in the City Hall portion of the General Fund Budget for the replacement or upgrading of the City's heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) system. To assist in determing what work was necessary in order to correct the problems we are currently experiencing with our HVAC system, I requested that Dan Boxrud have a representa- tive of his firm or a firm that provides them with mechanical engineering services to conduct an evaluation of our system and determine what work would be necessary to bring it to an acceptable operational standard. The firm that provides mechanical and electrical engineering service to SEH is Gausman and Moore, whose founder Glenn Gausman was the original designer of the HVAC system for the City Hall addition in 1974. Mr. Gausman met with Police Chief Ramacher and myself to determine what problems existed with the system and conducted an inspection of the system. As a result of his investigation, Mr. Gausman has determined that although some modifications are necessary to the system, the main problems relate to the fact that modifications have been made to City Hall resulting in an imbalance of air qualities in certain areas and the controls for the system need cleaning and/or minor modifications. Attached please find a memorandum from Mr. Gausman outlining this work and estimates for the various areas where work needs to be accomplished. During my discussions with Mr. Gausman and Dan Boxrud I indicated that we were also experiencing major problems with our electrical system in the City Hall area due to the addition of word processing and computer equipment to the various clerical staff's work stations resulting in over- load,'.ng of the circuitry for their outlets. Mr. Gausman had an electrical engineer from his firm conduct an evaluation of our electrical system and he has recommended that rather than adding additional circuitry to the system, the City's existing equipment can be recircuited to allow for a separate circuit at each computer location thus avoiding any further electrical overload problems. The estimate for this work is between $5,000 and $6,000 not including the cost for having the engineer prepare a detailed set of specifications and plans by which the City can obtain proposals for this work. Considering the difficulties we are currently experiencing with our HVAC and electrical sysems, the fact that Gausman