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M -• G- ~ ~ •. the building. Other•.agencies to be located on the lower floor are the Life Enrichment Center, Council on Aging and the remaining area will be reserved for expansion space. On the first floor will be located the library. Mr. Nassif informed the Baard that the Library Board had employed a library consultant to aid in the design of the libzaxv and some changes have been implemented into the plans. The Library Board seems to be pleased with the plans. Mr. Nassif stated that the original front steps of the Gradv Brown building twill be torn away anc? an entrance will be directly into the lower level of the building. The lower level will have an elevator which will serve only the first floor and not the second floor of this wing. He pointed out certain areas of the building which could be locked off and other areas which could be opened without opening without opening the entire floor. To get from the Librarv to other parts of the building, one would use a connector, which is the main entry for the upper two levels of the neta wing and the upper level of the old wing. The connector twill have an elevator to serve these two floors. P4ental Health will be located on one of the wings Of the upper level. P4r. Nassif stated that space for P*ental Health will suffice longer than any other agency in the building. Individual offices have been designed for personnel in Mental Health. Social Services will be located on the top floor of the building, offices are designed in groupings of four. There is 14,000 square feet of space available on both twinge for Social Services. The Health Department, which is on the lower level' will have ramp entrances as will all other agencies located in the buiJ_c?ing. Parking for the agencies will be where the tennis courts are now located and where the old gym presently stands. These parking areas will be reserved for client's use. Employees will park behind the building wiht an entrance off of nueen Street. D'[r. Nassif suggested that the parking area in front of the gym be eliminated and this space be land- scaped. PSr. Nassif stated that bid time renuired a four week period, and he suggested that. both bids for Grar~v F3?:ntan and the jail come in together. He suggested further that bids on f'ra~~4r ^rown go out when the design is finished and that the bids for the jail, rn rnat the third week in February. It will then .be necessary to extend f~r~e b;..r, for the Grady Brown building to bring both bids in at the same time. F?e stated that construction could start as early as April, 1978, and the Grady Brown building could be com- pleted by Janaury of 1979. Mr. Nassif will present the design for the jail at the February 6th Baard meeting. The Chairman asked the Board to hear from Dr. ^lilliam P?ayes, Chairman of the County Health Board. Dr. T?ayes will present a consi~?eration for a Health Department Budget revision. Ar. ^?ayes stated that the Health Board has during past months discussed staffing ec[uiprtent needs, and have pro- posed a budget revision for non-personnel and personnel costs to solve some of the problems with projected underexpenditures of the 1978 fiscal year budget. Ar. r?ayes stated that through an analysis of expenditures in the Health Department up through December 31, 1977, it had been real- . ized that at the present rate of expenditures, the Health Department will have an estimated $28,220 left over as of Junb 30, 1978. Dr. Mayes re- quested of the Board a transfer of funds to fund three additional Sani- tarians and one Laboratory technician. $7,629.19 is requested to be transferred to pay for needed equipment in the Health Department. Dr. t7ayes emphasized that no additional allocation is being reRUested of the Commissioners. Commissioner rustaveson stated that the Board was aware of the new septic tank regulations and the proposed subdivision regulations which would bring about additional work anc? he honed the Health Roard would consider some fee for these services. Commissioner ?9illhoit pointed out the increase in developmental activity in the County from last year to this year which has caused tremendous pressure for the Sanitarians, and that the neec' for additional Sanitarians would continue.