Maintenance manager outlines recent repairs, Wi‑Fi timing, and facility fixes

Russ Boston, facilities maintenance operations manager, summarized a broad set of recent maintenance work. He reported replacement of a failed electrical transformer, installation of Wi‑Fi controllers and lighting timers (with phased rollout planned), replacement of interior and delivery doors, completion of exterior painting at Beardsley, and replacement of theater lobby ceiling tiles. He said crews acid‑washed indoor pools after scaffold work and had identified and eliminated bee nesting sites during outdoor pool work.

Committee members asked follow‑ups: one asked what happened to removed artwork (Boston said the pieces were inventoried and stored in the shop, possibly for later sale or donation), others asked whether bees were exterminated or removed; the transcript records staff saying most bees left and the rest were killed, and audience member David Bennett urged considering beekeepers rather than killing bees.