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Agency seeks $185,000 to reconfigure, repair office; commissioners asked to provide 15% match
Summary
An agency presented a plan to reconfigure office space, replace carpet with vinyl plank, and relocate Youth and Family Council to create more efficient intake and training areas at an estimated cost of $185,000; commissioners voted to proceed and were asked to provide a 15% match ($27,730), which staff said was a request, not a requirement.
An agency representative told Richland County commissioners that routine maintenance and a reconfiguration of its main building would cost about $185,000 and asked the board to consider a 15% local match of $27,730 to help pay for the work.
The request, made during the commissioners' regular meeting, seeks to replace threadbare carpeting that the presenter said leaves mold and mildew concerns after cleaning, repair crumbling base walls, and reconfigure interior spaces to consolidate the intake department, expand a training area and move the Youth and Family Council into a larger former IT area. "We've noticed... some walls that are crumbling a little bit around the base of the wall. Our carpeting has been down…
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