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Deputy will oversee cleaning of ductwork
City will use a deputy to oversee cleaning of ductwork in clerk's officeDate published: 8/15/2007 BY EMILY BATTLE Fredericksburg will pay overtime to a city sheriff's deputy so that Circuit Court Clerk Sharron Mitchell will allow a contractor to clean the air-conditioning ducts in her offices. Mitchell would not allow the contractor to access her offices without someone directly responsible to her there to supervise. "We have records in there for which I am personally liable and responsible," Mitchell told council members at a work session last night. "I can't just have anybody going in there to clean the ductwork." But Mitchell is going on vacation next week, and she said she did not have any staff to spare to oversee the work. That put a damper on the city's plans to clean the air- conditioning system in the building, which has been turned off for the past few weeks as contractors have worked inside it. City Public Facilities Director Bob Antozzi wanted the air system cleaned before it was turned back on, but Mitchell said no one could work in the office without supervision, since not all of the clerk's records were moved to her temporary location at the Executive Plaza. Mitchell said she had hoped the records could have been moved before the air system was cleaned, but Antozzi said that would be tough with no air-conditioning in the building. He said it would take a day and a half to clean the ductwork, but a lot longer than than that to move the records. Councilman Matt Kelly suggested that a sheriff's deputy could supervise the duct cleaning, and both Mitchell and Sheriff Paul Higgs agreed to that. To date, efforts to clean the courthouse, move the clerk's office and test it for hazards have cost $444,200. Antozzi said he is looking at three options for replacing an air-handling unit that would bring fresh air into the clerk's office. Those range from $9,000 to $144,800. This discussion was part of a broader meeting about how to make the Circuit Courthouse an acceptable place to work while the city continues to plan for a new court complex. Where that complex will go is still not clear. The city originally looked at property owned by The Free Lance-Star and the Silver Companies on William Street, and the Post Office property on Princess Anne Street. Yesterday, City Manager Phillip Rodenberg said they are also analyzing proposals that would involve using the former Highlander Health and Fitness site, owned by Carl Braun, and the former site of the Rappahannock Regional Jail, owned by Hunter Greenlaw--both on Lafayette Boulevard. Van Perroy, who owns the Fredericksburg Square Banquet Hall, has also asked the city to look at his property as an option. Rodenberg said Moseley Architects, the firm that is helping the city analyze court site options, has looked at that site, but it's not clear how seriously they're considering it.
Read more stories about Fredericksburg Date published: 8/15/2007
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