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Commissioners discuss courthouse mechanical-electrical-plumbing study and tight timeline for any sales-tax ballot

5485537 · July 2, 2025
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Miami County staff told commissioners that a county-commissioned mechanical, electrical, plumbing and environmental study of the historic courthouse will take roughly 45 days to complete after contractor selection, leaving limited time to assemble ballot materials for a sales-tax question this fall.

Miami County staff told commissioners that a county-commissioned mechanical, electrical, plumbing and environmental (MEP) study of the historic courthouse will take roughly 45 days to complete after the contractor is selected, and that the resulting schedule leaves limited time to compile the public-engagement materials and ballot language needed to put a sales-tax question before voters this fall.

Shane (staff member) outlined a tentative timeline: bid opening for the MEP work in early July, commission action mid-July, and an estimated 45-day study period that could yield a report by early September. Shane told commissioners the county clerk needs ballot language by…

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