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rj pp^/r'''yy ��, yy11,Qy 9-8 BooK 8 f�r�GF.ei�1 Judge Kanarek asked if it was also the intent to have a visiting judge's office there. Administrator Chandler believed it is to be basically for jury selection and mediation. Chairman Wheeler commented that when he talked to Mr. Flick about this a year or two ago, he was willing to set that room up at his expense however we wanted it. In fact, he believed our original drawings for this a long time ago included facilities for a judge's office and a courtroom, but his question now is whether it is possible to have an office put in there for a visiting judge. He believed the square footage is there and there should be no additional cost to the county. Administrator Chandler pointed out that there were negotia- tions going on, and originally the owner was looking at a figure higher than this. General Services Director Dean informed the Board that at the Florida Federal Building, there was 1700 sq. ft. available, but in order to compare apples to apples, the owner agreed to reduce that down to 1200 sq. ft. when we told him we were only looking for a jury selection room and a mediation room. There are not any facilities in there to divide that up into an extra office space at this time. Administrator Chandler further pointed out that one thing not included in staff's memo is the expense of about $2,500 for the chairs for jurors and tables for mediation. Chairman Wheeler believed there was a visiting judge's office before and asked what happened to it. Judge Kanarek agreed that there was such an office until he was appointed, and now there are 3 resident circuit judges who live in the county and have offices here - Judge Charles Smith, Judge Vocelle, and himself. Next year when he is in Martin County and Judge Geiger is here, Judge Geiger will use his office except when he is here, and then we will probably have to put him in a conference room because there is no other spot at this 44