Approval of a HV/AC unit for the juvenile detention center was at the top of the agenda at the Brown County Commissioners meeting on Monday.
Commissioners heard how the old unit has had multiple repairs and is in need of a new compressor. The old compressor recently malfunctioned sending smoke down the vents and causing the staff to evacuate the facility temporarily.
The unit is also in need of heat exchangers which, along with the compressor, were going to be an expensive repair nearing $3200 when a new unit would cost $4250 including warranty with its installation. Roberts and Petty offered the $4250 bid which included a new Carrier unit with warranty while the other bid was submitted from Frost Air for a Comfort Maker package. Commissioners unanimously voted to approve awarding the bid to Roberts and Petty.
In other matters on the agenda:
*Joel Kelton, Commissioner of Precinct 2, presented a request for an amendment to the utility easement recently approved along CR 436 which will now cross the dirt road twice in order to bypass a property owner who was unwilling to allow the easement across part of their property.
*Reports given:
Don King, county surveyor met with commissioners and told them he was working on updating subdivision rules within the county in order to meet requirements from the Texas Board of Land Surveyors. He is currently waiting on new regulation information. Input from different departments and offices within the county that are part of subdivision development were encouraged.
King also told commissioners that he has reviewed the Feather Bay Plat that was recently submitted and stated that it is not in the condition /position for approval and does not currently meet all conditions.
Cheryl Nelson announced that Bertrand Technology Solutions helped set up the County Tax Assessor’s office with new USB air time cards in order to allow all stations to accept credit cards which include Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express. Debit cards will also be accepted. A third party processing fee of 3% will be charged to the customer in a separate bill. This service was to be up and running as of Monday afternoon.
