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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, July 28, 2014 7:00 o’clock p.m. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Page 12 of 17 (11. ORONO POLICE DEPARTMENT REMODEL AND EXPANSION – BID AWARD, Continued) Kotten noted the alternates highlighted in the brownish-orange colors are not included at the present time, and include the remodeling of City Hall, replacement of the furnaces at the police department and city hall. McMillan asked how old the condensing units are. Kotten indicated they are over 20 years old. Printup stated in his view it would be reasonable to include the alternate for the furnace, and asked whether that would exceed their budget amount. Kotten stated it would be cost efficient to do it now and that the bids were very competitive. McMillan noted some other alternates were added in, which would raise the cost of the overall project. Levang stated it would increase it by approximately $320,000. Loftus noted an identified problem since the beginning of the project process was that the heating and cooling in the facility was lacking. Levang asked if the furnaces in the city hall building are the residential furnaces. McMillan indicated that is correct. Levang stated it is known that there is inconsistent heating and cooling in different offices, which has been a source of complaints by Staff over the years. Levang asked if the furnaces in the police department are also residential furnaces. Kotten stated that is correct. Levang stated when the building was originally built, that apparently made sense, but that it does not make sense anymore since they have proved to be inadequate. Kotten stated the equipment has run its life span and that there have been a number of issues over the years. McMillan asked if the duct work would also be replaced. Kotten indicated it would not. Kotten stated some exhausting work will need to be done since the furnaces are high efficiency.