For Municipal Building Employees, Reiner Spells Relief
The borough council voted to accept a bid from Reiner Group to install a new chiller in the municipal building to replace the one that's been malfunctioning for three years.
For the past three summers, municipal building employees have worked without a fully functioning air conditioning unit. “We had one very, very bad day where people actually took sick time and went home,” assistant purchasing agent Cathy Tyls recalled. “It was over 95 degrees and nothing was working.” Fair Lawn-based Reiner Group, Inc., which has been contracted to repair the borough's chiller, has been doing its best to keep the current system going, Tyls said, but even with maintenance adjustments, it works only intermittently. “Some days you come in and you’re freezing, some days it’s bearable, some days by 1 p.m., you’re dying,” borough manager Tom Metzler said. At long last, however, municipal building employees will be getting a …
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Jenne
11:45 pm on Thursday, July 19, 2012
Well, the people might not 'need' air conditioning, but the computers often do. :) more ›