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Elk River Public Library Board Page 2 <br />March 27, 2018 <br />----------------------------- <br /> <br /> <br />4. Open Forum <br /> <br />No visitors present. <br /> <br />5. General Business <br /> <br />5.1 New Business <br /> <br />5.1.a Bathroom Upgrades – Gary Lore, Building Maintenance Supervisor <br /> <br />The Library Board requested an estimate to replace the hand dryers in <br />the public unisex bathrooms and to explore the idea of urinals in one or <br />all the unisex bathrooms. <br /> <br /> New hand dryers would go from 110 to 277V, which would require <br />updating the breakers and possibly the wiring in each bathroom. The <br />cost for electrical work would be a minimum $2,000 each bathroom, <br />plus the cost of the hand dryer of $500-$700, and possible wall and <br />tile repair if the wiring had to be replaced. If the Board wanted to <br />replace the hand dryers one at a time, the cost for an electrician <br />would be even greater. Total estimated cost for hand dryer <br />replacement is estimated at $10-12,000. Urinals would require <br />plumbing, drywall, tile, flooring work at an estimated $50,000. <br /> <br /> Because the library is one of the newer buildings and its condition <br />much better than some city buildings, Gary proposes adding paper <br />towel dispensers next to each sink and a foam dispenser into each of <br />the public bathrooms as a cost-effective temporary solution. <br />Dispensers cost about $100-$200 each and Gary has them in stock <br />and can expense them out of the Library’s existing building <br />maintenance budget. He is not sure how this might affect LEED <br />certification, but feels the potential safety hazard of someone slipping <br />and falling from water on the floor is a reasonable argument to make <br />if there is ever an issue brought to the city about the paper towel <br />dispensers in the bathrooms affecting LEED certification. <br /> <br /> An electrician is doing an analysis of the city buildings and once the <br />city has that report in hand, Gary thinks the city will have a good idea <br />on the priority of building repairs. He doesn’t think the report will <br />drill down to the level of hand dryers in the bathrooms - rather, he <br />thinks the report will show the library is overall in really good shape <br />compared to other city assets and the city will probably want to focus <br />money and energy in the repair of other buildings first. Additionally, <br />Gary does not know what the life expectancy is of the hand dryers, <br />but someday there will be no choice but to do the work when that <br />life cycle ends. <br />