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Legislature directs design work for downtown ‘center of government’ and reassigns several offices

3507595 · May 21, 2025
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Summary

A resolution moved May 20 directs architects to design a downtown center-of-government building (approx. 45,000 sq ft) and outlines department placement; the Board of Elections would move off the center site and workforce development would shift to the former jail, with further design work and parking considerations to follow.

Tompkins County legislators on May 20 approved a resolution to advance design work for a proposed downtown center-of-government building and to document proposed placements for county departments in the planned facility.

Legislator Lee Shirtliff moved the resolution, which Randy Brown and others briefed as the culmination of a long planning process to consolidate county…

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