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Commissioners urge county council to reach consensus after council declines planned justice‑facility purchase
Summary
After the county council declined to proceed with a previously approved property purchase, commissioners summarized five years of site review and design work for a new justice facility, warned of time and legal pressure tied to the existing Justice Building, and urged the council to pursue a prompt, collaborative path forward.
Commissioners used an extended portion of the meeting to respond after the Monroe County Council declined to proceed with a previously planned property purchase for a new justice facility.
Commissioners described a five‑year process of property reviews, schematic and design work and engagement with department heads and consultants. They said Fullerton Pike (a site inside the city limits), Thompson property, North Park and other parcels were analyzed; the Fullerton Pike rezoning in the city was denied and other sites presented engineering, cost or neighborhood opposition obstacles. Commissioners said North…
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