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Carroll County commissioners pause $7–8 million annex renovation, direct space study and move finance reorganization
Summary
Commissioners voted to put the multi-million-dollar annex renovation on hold pending a county space assessment, instructed staff to explore reusing existing county building space, approved smaller roof work and directed steps toward hiring a full-time county CFO and assigning finance oversight to Melissa Siemens.
Carroll County Commissioners voted on Jan. 27 to put the ongoing annex renovation project on hold and directed staff to conduct a space needs assessment before committing to large-scale spending. The commission also approved limited roof repairs and moved to begin a search for a full‑time, county CFO and to make Melissa Siemens the finance department’s oversight conduit.
A commissioner opened the discussion by saying they wanted to “put a hold on all of the annex project from roof to hot top to rehabilitation until we do another space assessment of the county building to see if there is space in the county building” for meeting rooms and offices. Commissioners noted that the project had been moving forward, that current…
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