Council Awards Contract for City Hall Ventilation System Renovations

At a crowded but brief meeting Wednesday night, the City Council awarded a contract to renovate the heating, ventilation and air conditioning system at .

Officials awarded the $118,039 construction project—funded by a federal grant—to Honeywell Building Solutions.

According to a staff report, the new system will be an improvement over the old one and will save money and electricity.

The staff expects the project to start by the end of April and finish by the end of June.

Other business

• Officials adopted a new plumbing ordinance that requires semi-annual maintenance and cleaning of grease interceptors (grease traps) in city sewer systems.  
• The City Council voted to recognize Route S18 (El Toro Road and Santiagoe Canyon Road) as the Orange County Deputy Sheriff Memorial Highway.
• Officials honored St. Mary’s Varsity cheer team for taking first place in the Cheerpros Cheer and Dance Competition Jan. 23 at the Pyramid at Cal State Long Beach.
• The council recognized a number of residents for completing the city’s sixth annual Emergency Preparedness Academy—an academy that helps locals get ready to respond to big disasters.
• At least 20 members of Aliso Viejo’s Boy Scout Troop 700 attended the meeting as part of their goal to gain their Citizenship in the Community merit badge.
• Girl Scout Troop 1366 led the flag salute.

The next City Council meeting is May 4 in the council chambers at City Hall at 12 Journey.