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$100,000 is already on hand. <br />BOOK 58 paG <br />It is a lot easier to borrow <br />$150,000 than several million, and he urged the Board to <br />reaffirm their previous decision to stay with the Courthouse <br />in the downtown area. <br />MOTION WAS MADE by Commissioner Lyons, SECONDED <br />by Commissioner Bird, that the Board, as a matter <br />of policy, reaffirm their position and retain the <br />courts in the current Courthouse complex and that <br />we proceed with the construction of the fourth <br />courtroom in the Annex at this time. <br />Commissioner Bird stated that he seconded the Motion <br />because he does believe we need to make a commitment to keep <br />facilities downtown and he did believe the fourth courtroom <br />is needed. Also, this will give us three to five years of <br />planning time in which we can decide whether to build new <br />County court facilities on this property or downtown. He <br />believed it satisfies a commitment we have been procrastin- <br />ating on for years. <br />Commissioner Lyons stated that his Motion was meant to <br />specify that we also plan to expand in that same general <br />area; he is not talking about separation in the future. <br />Commissioner Wodtke stated that he did not have any <br />philosophical problem with the part of the Motion regarding <br />staying in the downtown area with the court system; he is <br />committed that we are going to utilize those facilities as <br />courtrooms, but without knowing what it will cost for <br />additional land, etc., he will not approve it regardless of <br />what the cost will be. He wished to know where we will put <br />Attorney Stone and Public Defender Schwarz. <br />Commissioner Lyons noted that we will have to rent <br />space. He felt we must do whatever is reasonable when the <br />time comes, but we need, -to set a course. <br />14 <br />