ADOPTED - FEBRUARY 9, 1999

Agenda Item No. 10



Introduced by the Law & Courts, Administrative Services/Personnel and Finance Committees:



INGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS



RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE JOINT BUILDING AUTHORITY TO PROCEED
WITH

CONSTRUCTION OF A CONSOLIDATED COURTS BUILDING



RESOLUTION #99-29



WHEREAS, in 1998 Ingham County and the City of Lansing entered into an agreement to finance and construct a consolidated courts facility on the Grady Porter Building site in the City of Lansing; and



WHEREAS, this agreement requires approval of the building design; and



WHEREAS, approval of the building design is necessary by the first week of February in order for the architect and construction manager to meet the building schedule, which will provide for court operations to begin in the new building no later than June 30, 2001; and



WHEREAS, the Joint Building Authority, through its design team, has presented a proposed design which is consistent with the agreement in scope and estimated costs; and



WHEREAS, the Circuit Court, through its Chief Judge, has indicated its support for the proposed design; and



WHEREAS, it has also been recommended that consideration be given to a second phase of the project which would involve total interior renovation of the Grady Porter Building; and



WHEREAS, this second phase would provide for a fully functioning consolidated courts facility serving the citizens of the county for many years.



THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Commissioners hereby approves the building design as presented by the Joint Building Authority's design team.



BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of Commissioners expresses its commitment for further consideration of a second phase of this project which will involve the total interior renovation of the Grady Porter Building.



LAW & COURTS: Yeas: Grebner, Schafer, Smiley, Stid, Bernero, Schmidt, Juall

Nays: None Absent: None Approved 1/28/99



ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES/PERSONNEL: Yeas: Czarnecki, McDonald, Lynch, Minter

Nays: Severino Absent: None Approved 2/2/99



FINANCE: Yeas: McDonald, Bernero, Grebner, Lynch, Schafer, Juall, Minter

Nays: None Absent: None Approved 2/3/99