Rich School Maintenance Projects Finished

Anita Weston, Reporter
Rich Civic Times

RANDOLPH, Utah. September 16, 2015.  Rick Limb, Maintenance Supervisor, reported on the completion of summer projects.  The roof for the Randolph elementary building was finished thereby doing away with a bad leak.

The marquee is in place.  There will be some training needed to take advantage of all the features available on the marquee.  Casey Johnson, Tammie, and Limb will be in charge of putting messages on the marquee.

There are still some issues with the new fire alarm system.  The backup battery for the fire alarm is not working properly.  Those who installed the system will be coming back to try and make sure it is working as it should.

The carpet was delayed, but has now been installed.

Limb would like to get some suggestions from faculty and staff concerning projects that will be needed to be taken care of next summer.  He noted that it is much easier to get projects determined early in the year so that plans and bids can be obtained prior to school being out for the summer. That way, projects can begin immediately without any delays.

Limb noted that there are several roof leaks that need attention; there are two heaters in the gym that suck air inside the building.  Instead of draining moisture outside, the water comes in through the units.  This needs to be taken care of as well as getting these two units cleaned. 

He would like to move away from florescent tubes and ballasts.  He would like to go to LED lighting everywhere on school properties.  If this was done, a little at a time, it would save money in the long term.  Robyn Esterholdt helps change the florescent tubes.  She noted that there are some tubes out all the time so that changing them is an ongoing task.

There are some trees growing next to the school buildings in Laketown.  Rocky Mountain Power was asked to trim the trees.  They trimmed the side next to the power lines, forcing the trees to grow away from the power lines and toward the school building.  They, however, won’t trim the other side.  That task needs to be completed.

The gym floor at the middle school may need to be redone.  It is warped and there are a couple of holes. 

The stove cook tops in the lunch rooms need to be replaced. The freezer and walk-in cooler are really old.  They need to be fixed.  Money should be budgeted to purchase some new units.  A new walk-in cooler costs about $60,000.  When the power goes off, the freezer goes off.  When the power comes back on, the freezer unit doesn’t cooperate.  It takes quite a bit of fussing and work to get it to start working again.  It was noted that perhaps a back-up generator could be purchased and used for the freezer and also as a computer backup.  It could probably be used as a back-up for the fire sprinkler system as well.  It was noted that the school district does have a generator at Bridgerland.   Limb was asked check this unit out as a possibility to be used as a back-up for the items discussed.