ADA Doors Estimated at $2,500 as County Tracks 127 N. Main Spending

July 2, 2026/Newspaper Staff/

Montgomery County Board Buildings & Grounds Committee Meeting | June 2, 2026

Article Summary: County Coordinator Mike Plunkett presented the Montgomery County Board Buildings & Grounds Committee on June 2 with a cost tracker showing what has been spent so far from the $100,000 approved repairs and improvement budget for the county’s 127 N. Main property, and Maintenance Director Phil Ernst reported an estimate of $2,500 to install two 36-inch ADA doors.

127 N. Main Key Points:

Plunkett presented a cost tracker showing the amount previously spent from the $100,000 approved repairs and improvement budget.
Ernst reported an estimate of $2,500 to install two 36-inch ADA doors.
Asked whether the existing sign left by the previous owner could be reused, Ernst said the current plan is to reuse the sign’s frame.
Committee Chair Mark Hughes reported an anticipated September move-in timeframe at the May 28 Coordinating Committee meeting.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY — Work at the county’s 127 N. Main property came before the Montgomery County Board Buildings & Grounds Committee on Tuesday, June 2, 2026, with a running tally of spending against a $100,000 budget and a $2,500 estimate for accessible doors.

County Coordinator Mike Plunkett presented a cost tracker to show the amount previously spent from the $100,000 approved repairs and improvement budget. Ernst reported an estimate of $2,500 to install two 36-inch ADA doors — a width consistent with the clear-opening requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

The committee inquired if the existing sign left by the previous owner could be reused. Ernst reported that the current plan is to reuse the frame of the sign that had been left with the property.

Figures Absent From the Record

Although Plunkett presented the cost tracker, the minutes do not reproduce any of its figures. The amount spent to date from the $100,000 budget, the balance remaining, and the categories of spending are all absent from the record, as is the date the $100,000 was approved and the body that approved it.

The minutes do not identify what the county intends to use 127 N. Main for, which departments would occupy it, when the county acquired the property, or what it paid. They record no motion and no vote on the item, which was listed on the agenda for update and approval.

September Target

The property is on a timeline. At the Coordinating Committee’s May 28 meeting, Committee Chair Mark Hughes reported an anticipated September move-in timeframe for 127 N. Main. That report gave no further detail on what work remains before the move.

The June 2 record does not indicate whether the ADA door estimate has been accepted, whether the doors would be paid from the $100,000 budget, or when the work would occur.