Minutes Mechanical Board 3 2 07MINUTES OF MEETING
MECHANICAL BOARD
DATE: Friday, March 2, 2007
TIME: 4:00 P.M.
PLACE: Conference Room A, City Hall, Dubuque, IA.
CHAIR: Tom Giese
MEMBERS PRESENT: Harlan Willenborg, Tom Giese, Todd Geisler,
Mike Kelly, Jack Papin, Chuck Bandy, Dave
Grothe
MEMBERS ABSENT: none
STAFF: Tom Reed, Connie Riedl
MEDIA: None
OTHERS: Bob Hartig, Mike Reid
Meeting was called to order at 4:05 P.M. by Chairman Tom Giese, and
announced that it was being conducted in accordance with the Iowa Open
Meetings Law.
Jack Papin seconded. All in favor.
Order of business was as follows:
Motion made by Papin to dispense with reading of minutes of last meeting and
accept as written. Seconded by Geisler. Motion passed.
Bob Hartig started the discussion regarding interpretation of venting
requirements for the Young En's Daycare Center. He made several comments
regarding creating negative air pressure and how it might be achieved. He called
into question the classification used for this particular building and whether it was
correct to use educational as the criteria for calculation of cfm per person, when
the majority of occupants are infants and toddlers vs. adults. Staff gave his
interpretation of the code section.
Hartig suggested a couple of ideas that could be used, i.e., dumping outside air
into corridors, pulled in through duct system to every room.
Papin suggested meeting in closed session to discuss options.
D. Grothe made motion to meet in closed session to discuss options. Seconded
by M. Kelly. All in favor.
Hartig and Mike Reid were asked to leave the meeting while the Board discussed
options.
The Board then went into closed session at 4:50 P.M.
After discussing the issues and coming up with an adequate solution, the Board
ended the closed session and invited Hartig and Reid back to the public meeting.
Tom Giese called public meeting back to order at 5:10 P.M.
Mike Kelly made motion to have contractor install a system adequate to supply
venting to all rooms requiring ventilation by itself, and use natural ventilation to
provide adequate ventilation for rest of rooms. Seconded by Grothe. All in favor.
After more discussion by Hartig, Mike Reid, board members and staff regarding
sections of the code, a motion was made by Tom Giese to allow the engineer to
work with staff regarding the number of cfm's for required rooms. Seconded by
C. Bandy. All in favor.
T. Giese motioned to adjourn, seconded by Willenborg. Meeting adjourned at
5:20 P.M. ~ ~,
T m Reed, Sec etary
Approved this day of , 2006
Chairperson