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Bonner County commissioners review concept plans to move high-traffic services to courthouse first floor
Summary
Commissioners and facilities staff reviewed concept layouts aimed at keeping most public foot traffic on the courthouse first floor, discussed department moves (treasurer, recording, road and bridge, elections) and asked for data, cost estimates and tours before advancing designs.
Bonner County commissioners and facilities staff spent a workshop session reviewing conceptual floor plans intended to concentrate public-facing services on the courthouse first floor and reduce use of an aging elevator.
Spencer, facilities staff, said the process began with a countywide survey last year asking departments about current and future space needs and public interactions, and that the office has developed three concept layouts — a high-access layout, a low-cost minimal-change option and a middle-ground layout — as starting points for discussion. “We sent out ... a survey, like, a questionnaire to all the departments to kinda ask about what their needs were and are and will be,” Spencer said, explaining the concepts are meant to start a department and public review process.
The concepts matter because commissioners repeatedly framed the project around a single goal: keep as much customer foot traffic as possible on the First Floor so visitors do not need to use…
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