By Emilee Shake
A boiler at the Lighthouse Recovery Center is leaking, Commissioner Tony Wichman said in a special commissioners meeting Tuesday morning.
The Lighthouse Recovery Center is on the old county farm. The property is still owned by the county, though the Lighthouse is stationed there and maintains the facility. The agreement made when the Lighthouse relocated there was that the commissioners would maintain any of the major upkeep, such as heating and sewage issues.
Lighthouse director Pete Aldrich said it’s not an immediate emergency, but it will need replaced soon.
“It’s not going to rupture. It’s just going to keep pumping water. It’s a steam unit, so it’s using more water and more gas to heat up,” Wichman said.
They had three quotes of boilers with British Thermal Units ranging between 250,000 and 500,000.
A suggestion from the audience was to look into possible grant money available to make more of an energy efficient or geothermal change.
Wichman said he’d look into it.
“I wouldn’t mind seeing more bids from everyone in the town,” Wichman said.
A decision was tabled as the commissioners decided to seal the quotes and open the bids on a boiler for the Lighthouse Recovery Center.
In other business:
Ordinance
The ordinance establishing limits on certain county roads is not ready to be passed, Commissioner Michael Taylor said.
“There are still discrepancies,” he said.
The public meeting on Monday morning will start in the courthouse and reconvene at the county garage to discuss the ordinance.
Resolution
The commissioners refinanced a series of 2002 bonds.
“Due to favorable interest rates and using $1,750,000 of Additional County Adjusted Gross Income Tax on hand, we were able to reduce the term of the bonds by four and a half years,” said Katie Halloran, with H.J. Umbaugh and Associates, in a press release.
The county gained a net savings of 7.2 percent of the principle value.
