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<br />Item 5.6. <br /> <br />E~ <br />River <br /> <br />Police Department <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />TO: <br />FROM: <br />DATE: <br />SUBJECT: <br /> <br />Pat Klaers, Mayor and City Council <br />Jeffrey A. Beahen, Chief of Police <br />September 30, 2004 <br />Update on Public Safety Building <br /> <br />I have received a response from Scott Rudie, the consulting mechanical engineer from <br />Nelson-Rudie and Associates - the firm who designed the geo-thermal system for our public <br />safety facility. I have attached the report for your review. <br /> <br />In short, Mr. Rudie states that our natural gas usage is appropriate and within range for the <br />predicted usage as specified for a building our size, considering the current heating systems <br />within, and the flow of fresh air into the building - something required in new construction. <br /> <br />Geo-thermal only provides twenty-four percent (24%) of our total heat based on the <br />information provided by Mr. Rudie. The remaining heat is provided by gas fired units. <br />Natural gas costs for the building, at current gas pricing, should be around $16,948 a year. <br />Having geo-thermal provide part of the heat is a savings of $4,237 a year in natural gas <br />pnces. <br /> <br />To provide additional savings, we are talking to Econ-Air, a local geo-thermal provider, <br />about potentially replacing the roof-top building ventilation system with a geo-thermal unit. <br />That could provide another $6,406 a year in gas savings off of the projected $16,948 a year <br />we are predicted to spend for natural gas. <br /> <br />Gary Lore and I will be present at the council meeting to discuss this or any other building <br />issues that you may have. <br />