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Orange County Space Needs Report � 2005 Update <br /> Page 6 of 69 <br /> Public Safety Public Works <br /> Sheriff Office Public Works Administration <br /> Emergency Management Services Buildings and Grounds care <br /> • Administration • Motor Pool <br /> • Communications Sanitation ** <br /> • Emergency Medical Services Note: The Sanitation function is <br /> • Fire Marshal currently part of the Public Works <br /> Department. However, since the <br /> Solid Waste Management County assumed responsibility for the <br /> • Administration Landfill operations in FY2000-2001 , <br /> Landfill Operations evaluations are on going to determine <br /> • the merits of moving responsibility - for <br /> • Recycling ' Sanitation to the Solid Waste <br /> Management Department. Comments <br /> Animal Services outlining the space impact of such a <br /> • Animal Control move are included in the departmental <br /> • Animal Shelter write- ups later in this report. <br /> Functions Not Included <br /> Jail and Court functions . <br /> Expansion of approximately 25 , 000 square feet to the Courthouse is currently under <br /> design pursuant to the recommendations included in the Justice Facilities Reports , as <br /> written in 1995 and updated in 1998 . The new addition will house both court offices and <br /> the Sheriff ' s Department . Additional future . expansion of the Courthouse is not <br /> contemplated , however , long term space needs of the court system may be met through <br /> reallocation of County office space in downtown Hillsborough as court needs dictate and <br /> as new County facilities are brought on line . The first such step will occur when space <br /> vacated by the Sheriff ' s office is reallocated to accommodate court- related functions . <br /> Chapel Hill Court Facilities <br /> Two additional facilities are utilized in order to deliver court services in Chapel Hill : the <br /> Old Post Office , owned by the Town of Chapel Hill and located on Franklin Street and <br /> the Moody Building in Carrboro , which has been leased by the County for ancillary court <br /> services since 1987 . Additional study regarding the long -term accommodations for <br /> court services in southern Orange should be initiated . However , cost implications of <br /> providing adequate school and county facilities , in addition to funding the expansion of <br /> the Hillsborough court facility dictate that construction of court facilities in southern <br /> Orange be considered beyond the scope of this study period . <br /> Likewise , an independent study is recommended at some point in the future to identify <br /> and assess options for providing Jail space to meet the County ' s long -term detention <br /> facility needs . <br /> 6 <br />