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SEP 9 1986 BOOK 65 FmU-t Attorney Albrecht agreed that can be done, but believed the need is obvious. The Chairman believed that when the Sheriff moves out of the Courthouse Annex into his new complex, it was part of the plan for that part of the Annex to become available for another courtroom. In the long range he felt we eventually will have a criminal justice complex and then possibly the old facilities could be used for County Court. Attorney Vitunac advised Attorney Albrecht that in order to respond to Judge Smith, he needs to know if the Judge is abandoning his request for reimbursement. Attorney Albrecht stated that he would have to talk to the Judge directly about that. He believed what the Judges basically want is to direct those funds from now on specifically to the Judges' own court facilities, and they would like to be able to retain an architect start drawing plans for the new courtroom. Question arose re the amount in the fund now, and Director Baird stated approximately $70,000. Attorney Vitunac advised that he needs the Commission to deny the request for reimburse- ment formally, and that is what he would recommend as he felt the expenditures made from the fund were legal. He also needs to know if they wish the Judges to sign off on expenses out of this _.fund in advance. Board members indicated that they did not. OMB Director Baird reminded the Board that in the next year's budget, we already have authorized expenditures from this fund for an atomic recorder for the Clerk for use in the court and for additional CRTs in the courtroom. Commissioner Bird suggested that we move ahead and deny the request for reimbursement and state as diplomatically as we can that we will continue to make the decisions and interpret the ordinance as to how these funds are expended, but agree we will proceed with the initial steps of planning an additional courtroom with the funds to be expended out of the Court Facilities Fund. 30