The recent dismantling of coal burners and their precipitators isn’t the only facelift the Jamestown Board of Public Utilities is planning.

On Monday, Rebecca Robbins, BPU communications coordinator, gave a presentation to the board about the redesign of the BPU’s website. Robbins, along with Hyla Brinkley, BPU senior programmer, are the co-leaders of the team working on the website redesign.

Robbins said the BPU’s website has been the same for the past 20 years. She said it is considered a static website, which BPU officials want to change to be more dynamic. She added they want the new site to be more mobile friendly. Other features they would prefer includes having a search engine; a translator for non-English speakers; Americans with Disabilities Compliant, which will help those with vision problems; will have water department and electric outage alerts; and will allow people to report issues.

Robbins said the new website will also have a more user-friendly customer portal where they can pay bills, see energy usage and can see when their garbage and recycling day is during the week. She said BPU officials will be seeking proposals soon. She added they want the new website online by December or January.

In other BPU business, the board approved hiring Apollo Dismantling for asbestos abatement in piping insulation. The bid by Apollo for $30,000 was the lowest of the two bids they received. As part of the project, the BPU also hired Stohl Environmental for $13,700 to provide oversight for the asbestos abatement project.

Last May, the BPU started the dismantling of coal boilers No. 11 and 12 and their precipitators. Apollo Dismantling Services of Niagara Falls was the contractor the BPU hired to dismantle the two coal boilers. In conjunction with the coal boiler dismantling project, the BPU also approved Stohl Environmental of Buffalo for their independent air/project monitoring services related to the asbestos and hazardous abatement work. The funding for the coal boilers dismantling project came from the dismantling fund. The estimated cost of the coal boiler dismantling project was $5,325,224.

The board also approved purchasing new fuel nozzles for the LM6000 gas turbine. The new fuel nozzles will cost $46,350.