Excerpt: Design flaws are responsible for consistently high heating and cooling bills for the Waukee Public Library, a City Council member said Monday.
"We didn't have a mechanical engineer, and we let an architect design the system," said Councilman Mike Watts, who was heavily involved with the project when ground was broken for the library during the spring of 2002. "It really wasn't done right back then."
The situation is bad for patrons, too: Library Director Maryann Mori said some have complained about the low temperatures.
"One woman said she had to wear gloves and a coat" in a study room, Mori said.
City officials agreed that improvements in the library's heating and cooling system are necessary, but they were not impressed with a proposed solution.
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