2017-11-28-minutes-discuss-comments-received-relating-to-adjacency-meeting-for-new-courthouse

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2017-11-28 MINUTES 1 COMMISSIONERS' MINUTES KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON COMMISSIONER’S CONFERENCE ROOM SPECIAL MEETING TUESDAY 3:00 P.M. NOVEMBER 28, 2017 Board members present: Chairman Paul Jewell; Vice-Chairman Laura Osiadacz; and Commissioner Obie O’Brien. Others: Julie Kjorsvik, Clerk of the Board and Patti Johnson, Solid Waste/Maintenance Director/Project Manager. SPECIAL MEETING COURTHOUSE ADJACENCY COMMISSIONERS At 3:00 p.m. Chairman Jewell opened a Special Meeting to consider comments received from County Departments relating to adjacency in a new Courthouse. Patti Johnson, Solid Waste/Maintenance Director/Project Manager said after their last meeting she sent out a copy of the floor plans to all County Departments and asked for comments relating to adjacency in a new Courthouse. Chairman Jewell said there was a fundamental problem with the overall project as it’s too expensive and there is no way they could afford a building of that size at a rate of $550.00 per square foot. He thought they should scale back the project in order to get more of a price tag of approximately $20,000,000.00 instead of over $50,000,000.00. The Board reviewed comments Ms. Johnson received from County Departments on adjacency. They also discussed various options on ways to connect to the jail as well for the Courts. There was discussion on which offices would be best fit for reasons of security as well as for ease of the public in order to access those offices that have a large amount of traffic every day. The Board of County Commissioners directed Ms. Johnson to relay their comments back to the architect and to see if the per square footage amount would change with the proposed changes they had discussed. Meeting adjourned at 3:55 p.m. KITTITAS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS CLERK OF THE BOARD KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON Julie Kjorsvik Paul Jewell, Chairman