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Cass County building committee accepts architects' space-needs report and forwards it to commission
Summary
The Cass County Building Committee reviewed a space-needs assessment by JLG Architects covering the courthouse campus, discussed priorities including IT relocation, election storage and juvenile services, and voted to accept the report for consideration by the full county commission.
The Cass County Building Committee on a recorded vote accepted a space-needs assessment prepared by JLG Architects and agreed to forward the report to the full county commission for consideration.
JLG presented a multi-page study of the courthouse campus, including the courthouse, annex and the Robert D. Johnson (RDJ) building, laying out priorities, project phasing and recommended relocations. Dan Janstrom of JLG told the committee that "this document is not intended to be a deep dive of any 1 department" and is intended as a high-level plan to guide subsequent detailed design work.
Committee members and multiple department heads pressed JLG and county staff on several topics the study identifies as priorities or potential projects: creating a permanent location for county IT, the possibility of using the…
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