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