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FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 1992 consultants are authorized to coordinate with City officials to obtain information and to negotiate a legal agreement containing the details of the proposal to be considered by the voters prior to placing this oDtion on a public referendum. While the City is unsure of whether such an agreement can be reached within the extremely tight time constraints the County is facing in formulating the ballot question, we are hopeful that the basic legal questions can be resolved so tl~at the County will not need to incur the extra expense of a special election and so the voters of Henry County are not inconvenienced by having to return to the polls after the November General Election. The proposal presented by City Manager Earl B. Reynolds, Jr. during the August 12, 1992 Special Meeting of City Council was prefacedby ~b~e caution that the projected project costs were preliminary and only included the actual building, land, demolition of existing structures, and simple grading. In the week since the initial presentation, the architects have had the opportunity to include all of the other normal, expected costs of planning and constructing a facility of this size, as well as several intangible and optional costs which were added to better compare the County consultant's proposal with our own, and we are pleased to find that the proposal would still be cost-effective to the taxpayers. This proposal also contains 10,536 square feet of shell space for future expansion and adequate parking for all facilities. The Moseley McClintock study of the Lester property site on King's Mountain Road estimates a project cost for a County- only facility of $8,045,000. The Martinsville-Henry County Judicial Center, which would serve the court-related needs of both the City and Countywould have an estimated cost of only $6,090,000 to Henry County citizens, a savings of approximately $2 million. In addition, as was presented on August 12, the project also includes a Regional Jail on the same site which would serve the needs of the City and County for many years. The Jail project would realize cost savings on this site by (1) not having to purchase additional land; and (2) sharing many of the external requirements with the Judicial Center project such as parking, landscaping, lighting, utility-related sitework, and many other factors. The total cost to the County of the Judicial Center and Regional Jail is comparable to the cost of the County-only courthouse proposal for the Lester Property site. In conclusion, the Council wishes to thank the County Board of Supervisors for their interest in and consideration of the Martinsville-Henry County Judicial Center and to encourage all citizens to compare the two options which will be listed on the ballot on their merits, for we feel that our proposal results in the best possible result for our community and accomplishes the following objectives: