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� 1 <br />N 0 V 16 7933 KE 5 PACE 411 <br />Chairman Bird asked Architect Calmes if he could <br />possibly redesign the courtroom to fit within a $150,000 <br />budget, and Mr. Calmes reviewed in detail the various <br />factors inherent in the design of a courtroom which present <br />many specialized problems. <br />Chairman Bird wished Judge Smith to confirm that he was <br />indicating we should continue to consolidate our court <br />facilities in their present locale and that he felt this <br />probably would suffice 3-5 years. <br />Judge Smith confirmed that he felt it is unrealistic to <br />consider putting up courtroom facilities at the jail site <br />within the next 3-5 years. The way the county is growing, <br />however, he believed that'in five years we will be ready to <br />split off the county court system and let them move out <br />there first. <br />Clerk Freda Wright assured the Board that there is a <br />very pressing need for larger courtroom for circuit court <br />work, not county court. <br />Considerable discussion ensued as to whether Judge <br />Stikelether's courtroom was satisfactory for the larger <br />trials, and Judge Smith stated that it is satisfactory for <br />medium size trials, but actually it is not wide enough. <br />Mr. Calmes made the point that the concept of a <br />temporary courtroom of the magnitude being discussed is <br />unfeasible because of all the systems that go into it, and <br />he, therefore, felt it is necessary to look at .it in a more <br />permanent long range nature. <br />Commissioner Lyons stated that he would not vote to <br />spend either $320,000 or $186,000 on this because he <br />believed we can provide an adequate court space for the next <br />3-5 years by making the simpler revisions we have proposed. <br />Commissioner Wodtke did not disagree. with the Judge's <br />belief that these functions should stay consolidated in the <br />Courthouse area or with his belief that the fourth courtroom <br />122 <br />