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d — G. 1990 BOOK ra N Sheriff Dobeck stressed that it is an inconvenience for his Department to have that staff up there, but there is no other place to put them, and, in fact, they have had to put additional staff up there because of the lack of space in his Department. There are 10 people assigned to that office, and they have had 708 contacts for service from May to September; so, he believed it is providing a valued service to that community. Commissioner Wheeler asked if the Civil Division isn't run out of the Jail, and Sheriff Dobeck confirmed that it is but they go up to Sebastian to meet people to serve them. He noted that there are a lot of things run out of the Jail that require other areas of location to handle. Commissioner Bowman's only question was how much are we paying per square foot for the other county officials located at Wa-IMart Plaza, and Administrator Chandler advised that we are paying $7.00 sq. ft., which is more than we are paying here. Commissioner Scurlock referred back to the original memo received from the Sheriff in 1985 and noted that at that time he was talking about the economic feasibility of having such an office, and he personally was basically opposed to establishing North County satellites. He also felt, and still feels, since this has resurfaced with our other Constitutionals, that we ultimately need to build a satellite complex so we can locate all these activities in a central location and take advantage of sharing communications equipment, etc. Chairman Eggert inquired if the Sheriff sees anything in the near future that will require a great deal more space, and Sheriff Dobeck stated that the services his Department provides to that north end of the county are only limited by the space they have. He predicted that ultimately as the county continues to grow, we will have to have a satellite substation in the north of the county. 26