With a new insulated roof in place and two new working heat pumps in the second floor ceiling replacing two that failed, the planned energy-efficiency improvements and roof fixes at Acton Public Library are now complete.

An Oct. 17, 2016 Town Meeting approved the $71,550 request to complete the various Acton Library building maintenance tasks recommended by Town Facilities Manager Dan Moran. The work projects were finished in December, just before the cold winter temperatures set in.

Moran said that three separate areas of the library’s roof were replaced. The older, 15-year rolled asphalt roof was replaced with a new more energy-efficient roof. The new roof system includes three inches of insulation glued to the plywood roof decking, on top of which is glued a rubber EPDM membrane.

“The new roof is a more energy-efficient roof,” said Moran. “It also has a 25-year life.”

Two heat pumps in the second-floor ceilings that had failed were replaced with new ones. Now each unit will again produce both heat and cool air for the building when needed.

Other municipal building repairs were also on Moran’s list of needed work. For needed repairs to the Town Hall and the Parks & Recreation buildings, the Oct. 17 Town Meeting approved $22,400.

Several tasks were on his to-do list including work to repair leaks on the roof of the Parks & Recreation Building, repair and insulate heating and cooling ductwork on the roof of Town Hall, install two new heavy-duty gutter systems to replace the former residential-grade gutters that had failed, and re-paint the triangle section just over the Town Hall entrance.

Moran said that the list of needed maintenance tasks at all three Town buildings were completed within the budget the town approved.

Moran was tapped by First Selectman Carl Fortuna, Jr., to serve as the town’s part-time facilities manager last fall. Fortuna wanted someone to examine the condition of the three town buildings and identify critically needed maintenance tasks and fixes. The list of maintenance work items on the Oct. 17 Town Meeting call arose out of Moran’s initial inspections of those buildings.