Hughes County Commission Approves Moving Forward With HVAC System For Third Floor

Hughes County Commission Approves Moving Forward With HVAC System For Third Floor

PIERRE, (KCCR) — The Hughes County Commission is looking at possible solutions to keeping cool the third floor of the courthouse building. The Unified Judicial System operates court out of the third floor. County Manager Lori Jacobson says heating and mainly cooling equipment failed last week…

A Sioux Falls company told Jacobson they could make repairs for 15-thousand dollars but those numbers weren’t confirmed. A third proposal came from AirTech in Pierre…

Jacobosn also talked with the Commission about a chiller system in the building. Commission Chair Tom Rounds struggled with how much money should be invested in the current building not knowing the county’s pathway toward a new building…

Jacobson says the AirTechh proposal could buy the County the time needed on the Courthouse’s future…

The Hughes County Commission voted five-zero for the AirTech proposal.