NORTHWOOD - After months of discussion and debate, the Otsego Stone Hall will finally be getting air conditioning.
Wood County Park District Board of Trustees voted unanimously Tuesday to accept a $92,900 bid from Marlin White and Sons, Fremont, to install air conditioning at the building.
The meeting was held at the J. C. Reuthinger Memorial Preserve on Oregon Road.
The unit would be installed on the front-west side of the stone hall, which was recently named in honor of longtime board president George Thompson, who retired from the board last year.
The vote caps nearly a year of wrangling over the issue, in which a number of sometimes contentious discussions were held over the desirability, feasibility and cost of the project. A series of options, including geothermal power, were considered. The project was originally budgeted at $77,500, but a consultant later informed the board the cost would be closer to $110,000.
The Stone Hall is one of the Park District's most popular rental venues.
Wood County Park District Board of Trustees voted unanimously Tuesday to accept a $92,900 bid from Marlin White and Sons, Fremont, to install air conditioning at the building.
The meeting was held at the J. C. Reuthinger Memorial Preserve on Oregon Road.
The unit would be installed on the front-west side of the stone hall, which was recently named in honor of longtime board president George Thompson, who retired from the board last year.
The vote caps nearly a year of wrangling over the issue, in which a number of sometimes contentious discussions were held over the desirability, feasibility and cost of the project. A series of options, including geothermal power, were considered. The project was originally budgeted at $77,500, but a consultant later informed the board the cost would be closer to $110,000.
The Stone Hall is one of the Park District's most popular rental venues.