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County moves ahead on annex upgrades to house Office of Public Defense; window replacements and skylight repair on agenda
Summary
Public services staff proposed first‑floor upfits for the annex to relocate the Office of Public Defense (estimated $165,000) and presented initial window replacement quotes (~$68,000) and skylight repair options; commissioners asked for more bids and for staff to check utility rebates.
Savannah Clement of Public Services returned to the board to formalize next steps on the annex renovation that will house the Office of Public Defense (OPD).
Clement presented a high‑level cost estimate of about $165,000 to upfit the annex first floor for OPD. She said the first floor will accommodate OPD in the “compass” area and a former noxious‑weed office; those spaces already have office footprints, so the first‑floor conversion is substantially less complex than the planned Second Floor work. Clement said moving OPD into county space will eliminate a lease that costs about $85,000 per year.
Staff also raised a security and energy concern: existing first‑floor windows are old single‑pane wood frames that staff said are unsecured and drafty. Staff presented a single quote to replace the first‑floor windows with storefront vinyl at an estimated $68,000, which would include an egress window in the northeast corner. Commissioners asked staff to obtain additional bids, research potential public utility district (PUD) rebates for energy efficiency, and return with more options. Commissioners signaled support for doing the replacement correctly to avoid repeated work.
Separately, staff reported a damaged skylight above a hallway between restrooms and the board office. The first quote to replace a single shattered panel was $26,000 plus tax; replacing all 15 panels was $47,000. Staff proposed temporarily covering the skylight to assess daylight impacts before deciding whether to repair the glass or close and add artificial lighting; commissioners asked staff to test the cover and report back with additional quotes and options when the weather improves.
Clement and staff said motion detectors and the annex alarm were recently updated. Staff will pursue additional window bids, check PUD commercial rebate rules and return with refined cost estimates.
