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Legislature committee forwards amended downtown facilities placement plan after debate over Board of Elections location
Summary
The Facilities and Infrastructure Committee on May 15 forwarded to the full legislature an amended plan for a proposed Center of Government building that reduces the planning footprint and removes the Board of Elections from the new building, recommending the county's Human Services Annex for machine storage.
The Tompkins County Facilities and Infrastructure Committee voted May 15 to forward to the full legislature an amended resolution that updates which county departments will be located in a proposed Center of Government building and reduces the project size estimate.
The resolution amends an earlier 2024 resolution (No. 2024-36) that identified departments intended for a new county building and reduces the earlier planning estimate from 55,000 square feet to 45,000 gross square feet for schematic design purposes. The consultant Holt (referred to in the meeting) completed a space-needs analysis that the committee used to recheck departmental fits.
Major changes included removing the Board of Elections from…
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