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9~ Chairman Garrett stated, "What I would like to do is to have some- one prepare something that would have the information available to us so that we could be able to make some decision concerning the jail, whether to appropriate money in the next budget, or whether it is through a bond issue. X would like to have some alternatives given to us through some kind of a consultant arrangement such as where do we put the jail; what are the best reasons why it should be put here or built onto the Courthouse; the approximate cost so that we could actually and seriously begin thinking about a jail. I think the same thing about Grady Brown. I would like to have enough technical inforrmation so that we might move the Departments into there. I feel that we must know about the wiring, boiler and things of this nature. The Library needs to be looked into. I just feel. that we need enough alternatives in order to reach a proper decision." Commissioner Gustaveson stated that there was one important point. We do have a set of problems here and they are all interrelated. He said, "I do not think that any of us can look at just one item because they are all related. This is where we need some kind of Facilities Study in order to get some sense of how departments are operating and what their needs are going to be in the next few years. We need to know how the~jail relates to the Court system; how the jail be being used now, and the Sheriff's Department, far I feel that we must have this knowledge in order to plan adequately for a new jail. Then we will have some sense of how to build it; you can't talk.. about Grady Brown unless you talk about the jail and you can't talk about the Library unless you talk about these other things and then we must determine how wer are going to finance. I am of the opinion that we will probably end up having to talk about a bond issue and it seems to me that if we are going to balk about a bond issue it doesn't make sense to go for money strictly for a jail when we may have $600,000. to $70D,000. dollars that we need to apply for the renovation of Grady Brown. We should have a cost estimate on all our facility needs at one time and go with one bond issue to take care of these needs. We must also remember the School Capital Outlay needs. We need this as a package for one presentation. We need someone who can look at the problem and help us sort out how to begin to solve these problems, all of this essentially, is what I see a consultant doing, and I guess this is where I really disagree with ' the proposal that was made. I had hoped that more focus would be placed on the Facilities aspect and more would be placed on the specification about cost." Commissioner Whitted spoke to the proposal of moving offices that had been submitted by Commissioner Pinney. He stated that to make Grady Brown useable it was going to cost same money. He stated that we must consider how much money it is going to take to do "this and that" and T don't see where we have that money unless we know how much money we are talking about. Commissioner Pinney replied'tahat I have said all along was that we were going to have tp send someone in there to do the architectural, engineering and feasibility study, but you can not wait until the whole package is put together because I just do not believe that we are going to have anything to work with up there. I feel we can send an architect in and within a very short period of time we can secure an idea of how we can use Grady Brown. What it will take to fix the electrical system; whether the floors will hold the weight of the books for the library; whether the heating system must have a new boiler and continue in this way to see what is needed to make this building useable. I feel that we are going to have to take some steps on Grady Brown immediately and get somebody in order to stop the building from being vandalized." Commissioner Walker stated that he felt it had already been es- tablished that the building was sound. He referred to the report that had been received by the Board from Mr. Llassif. Further discussion ensued concerning the Grady Brown Buildings. Chairman Garrett stated that she shared some of Commissioner Pinney's views and that it might be possible to have the consultant work on Grady Brown first, but the Board must still look at who was going in there and why and who to move on a temporary or permanent basis. Commissioner Walker reminded the Board that all of the consultants had stated that you could not adequately plan for more than a five year period. Further discussion ensued.