The Garnett City Commission put an issue at the Garnett Recreation Center at the top of their property list. A possible carbon monoxide threat at the Garnett recreation center prompted city commissioners to direct the immediate repair of a furnace system in the facility during last week’s city commission meeting. City Manager Chris Weiner told commissioners one of two HVAC units for the facility’s weight room and aerobic room had shown a crack in its heat exchanger last year during a fall inspection. The facility had managed with other units until it came up needing repair during an inspection this year. Weiner says one unit was turned off and so far the remaining unit was handling both areas. Cracked heat exchangers can allow flue gases to escape into a building, causing possibly deadly carbon monoxide poisoning. Mayor Greg Gwin says he wasn’t sure where the funds would come from but the issue needed to be addressed immediately. Weiner says the center might have existing funds that could handle the repair or replacement of the units, or that funds could come from the city’s capital improvement fund.
