A $60,000 HVAC purchase that will provide critical air circulation around electronic equipment in the Carbon County 911 communications center is still on hold.

On Thursday, Commissioners’ Chairman Wayne Nothstein said there are some issues with the heating and air conditioning units at the comm center, but other issues have surfaced with the other rooftop units, one being from 1995.

In addition, the unit that circulates the air in the dispatching area, which was ordered in November, is still on back-order, Nothstein said, adding that the county was told it wouldn’t be in until October now.

He said that the county has to look into other options for air conditioning during the summer because it gets very warm in that room due to all of the dispatching equipment. Some of this equipment also needs temperature control or it can shut down.

The HVAC went down in early November and at the time, Gary Williams, 911 director, said that the center was using fans to circulate the air in the dispatching area to keep things comfortable, but noted that the summer months could mean trouble.

There is a separate HVAC unit that is operational and serving the county’s server room where a lot of other critical equipment is kept in a climate controlled environment.

The HVAC unit in question is 16 years old.