Report: City Hall mold not too serious

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Report: City Hall mold not too serious

Madison Courier - Madison,IN*

Peggy Vlerebome

Courier Staff Writer

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The heating and air conditioning systems and filters at City Hall

and the police department will be inspected and cleaned to help

combat mold, city engineer Randy Eggenspiller said this morning.

The city has received the county health department's report from

mold tests, and the mold is not too serious, Eggenspiller said. He

said all of the reports aren't back yet, but it appears that City

Hall and the police department suffer from the same kind of moisture

problems as most old buildings with rock foundations and mortar.

Air conditioning and heating systems that are not operating

efficiently cannot remove enough mold-causing moisture, so that is

where the work will start, he said. The city has asked Steinhardt

Heating and Air Conditioning to inspect the systems and give a

report of what needs to be done, Eggenspiller said.

The roof will need to be replaced, but that is several months away,

he said.

Four new leaks from the roof during recent rains dampened walls and

carpeting on the street-level floor of City Hall, which has two

stories above it. Leaks during previous rains had run down to police

offices in the basement of the police department building adjacent

to City Hall.