HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93010_0725 (2)IREDELL COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
BRIEFING MINUTES
MARCH 19, 2002
The Iredell County Board of Commissioners met in Briefing Session on Tuesday,
March 19, 2002, at 5:00 p.m., in the Iredell County Government Center, 200 South
Center Street, Statesville, NC.
Present: Chairman Sara Haire Tice
Vice Chairman Karen B. Ray
Tommy E. Bowles
Steve D. Johnson
R. Godfrey Williams
Staff Present: County Manager Joel Mashburn, Finance Director Susan Blumenstein,
Planning Supervisor Ron Smith, Support Services Director Jim Vernon, Solid Waste Director
Ron Weatherman, Library Director Steve Messick, and Clerk to the Board Jean Moore.
CALL TO ORDER by Chairman Tice.
PRESENTATION FROM MARTIN BOAL ANTHONY JOHNSON (MBAJ)
ON THE IREDELL COUNTY GOVERNMENT CENTER -SOUTH (ICGC-S)
PROJECT: Architects Rob Johnson and Lary Schaeffer said contact had been made
with the user groups (clerk of court, probation, health department, sheriffs department)
to determine the Mooresville space needs.
Architect Johnson then discussed the floor plan. He said the first floor, of the
four -floored building, would consist of space for the following services: courtroom and
judicial offices, parole, Station H of the Sheriffs Department, health, and an existing
mechanical area. He said the square footage of the first floor, including common areas
was 29,132. Mr. Johnson said the new courtroom would have 170 seats. He noted that
the second floor could be used for health department expansion in the future. Architect
Johnson said the third floor could be leased to an agency that had already shown an
interest. He said that if everything ran on schedule, construction could begin in October
and occupancy could occur in July of 2003.
Commissioner Bowles noted the raised ceiling on the first floor for the courtroom.
He asked how this affected the second floor.
R. Johnson said the raised ceiling did not alter the second floor that much. He
said the second floor area, where the reduction in space occurred, could be used for
storage and some of the building's mechanical equipment.
County Manager Mashburn said the clerk of court preferred more than the 170
seats in the courtroom, but the extra space couldn't be found. He said the new site would
at least offer 70 more courtroom seats and there would be a jury assembly room.
Commissioner Ray asked about the usage for the garden area or courtyard.
Architect Johnson said it would continue to be used as an open space or
courtyard. He mentioned that in the future, an administrative office for the courts could
be built in the space.
Schaffer then described the following statement of probable cost.