Wrangell Sentinel -

The borough is proposing almost $1 million worth of repair, rehab and upgrades to the community pool and recreation center building in next year’s budget.

State grant funds would cover the costs.

The projects include upgrading the heating and ventilation, or HVAC, system in the building as well as the digital temperature controls for the pool, new cedar siding on the building, repairing the brick-clad exterior columns and replacing the brick with cedar, and repairing and rebuilding the gutters and downspout system.

The work is estimated at nearly $982,000. The exterior work ($175,000) wou...