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M M Circuit Judge's Office 2.560 County Judge's Office 29200 State's Attorney 2.1880 Public Defender 1,200 Sheriff's Office 22832 Law Library 1 680 Fourth Courtroom 2,800 The alternatives areas follows: A) Relocate Sheriff's Office: The Sheriff is currently located in four different sites. T e Detectives use some 5,000.'square feet of rental space on 19th Street; OCB occupies 1,000 square feet of area in the Administration Building; the Uniform Patrol and ID Section uses an area at the County Jail and the admini- strative offices are located in the Annex. It is anticipated that the Detective Division and Uniform Patrol Division will occupy all available space in the new jail complex. If the Sheriff's administrative area is moved to rental property, only 2,830 square feet of area will be freed up _in the Annex leaving'a 1990 deficit of 2,740 square feet. B) Relocate State Attorney and Public Defender: Relocating these two departments will free up ,0 0 square feet in the Annex. This move allows sufficient area for growth in the Courthouse at least through 1990. However, it should be noted these two offices will need at,least 7,500 square feet of area by the end of the decade. Proximity to the Courthouse for these two offices is extremely important and there may not be suffi- cient available office space in the downtown area. C) Relocate the Clerk: It is impractical to relocate her entire office. A portion of the office may be moved if County Court is relocated. D) Relocate County Court: If County Court is moved from the Courthouse, t ere will -5—e sufficient space to accommodate growth needs at the Courthouse. The existing County Courtroom can be converted into a Circuit Courtroom and this will accommodate Circuit Court needs at least for the next eight years, according to the Frizzell Study, CourtThere are at least three alternatives to relocating County . _ Alternative A - Space may be rented in the $9 to $12 per foot range. This may cost as much as $904OOO.or more per year. Alternative B - Purchase Central Assembly of God building and renovate the structure. A preliminary purchase of $250,000 has been discussed for the 8,5OO.square foot structure. Included in this price is just under two acres of land. See attached diagram of the building floor plan. ' Architect John Calmes estimated the renovation cost at $550,000 plus recording equipment, land development expense and furnishings. The bid for the recording equip- ment and furnishings for the Fourth Courtroom renova- tion came to $85,000. The renovated building will adequately house two court- rooms slightly larger than Courtroom C, offices for two County Judges and sufficient area for the Clerk's Traffic and Small Claims sections. 53 AUG 2 2 784 BOOKU �9