Assembly approves community gym heating system repairs

The Petersburg Borough Assembly unanimously approved $137,538 in repairs to the failing parks and recreation HVAC system.

Parks and Recreation Director Donnie Hayes said the repairs would help his department save money in the long run through energy savings.

The pneumatic controls of the more than 25 year-old system are leaking, and many of the springs and actuators that assist the system's air pump have lost tension, causing too much heat to escape the system.

“That compressor pumps air to an actuator and tells that actuator 'you need to open up and let heat into the system'…because the tensi...