# County renews $37,800-a-year HVAC maintenance contract for the county jail

## What happened
Commissioners renewed a preventative-maintenance contract with BNS Plumbing covering most of the heating, cooling, and plumbing equipment at the county jail. ([9:25](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8gKrrpK8ho&t=565)) The contract covers changing filters six times a year, cleaning energy wheels and condenser coils twice a year, checking belts once a year, greasing pumps twice a year, and testing backflow preventers on the domestic water system once a year. ([9:59](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8gKrrpK8ho&t=599)) The annual cost is $37,800. ([10:14](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8gKrrpK8ho&t=614))

## The outcome
Approved on a voice vote; no per-member tally was recorded.

## Sources
- [Contract scope explained, 9:25](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8gKrrpK8ho&t=565)
- [Maintenance tasks covered, 9:59](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8gKrrpK8ho&t=599)
- [Annual cost, $37,800, 10:14](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8gKrrpK8ho&t=614)
- [Voice vote approval, 10:52](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8gKrrpK8ho&t=652)

*Also known as: county jail HVAC contract · jail maintenance contract · BNS Plumbing contract*