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Amelia County reviews short-term plan to expand office, storage and public-safety space
Summary
County staff presented a 2–3 year plan to repurpose existing buildings, add apparatus bays to fire stations and move the Registrar into the administration building basement; staff requested an immediate appropriation of about $26,500 to make one part-time position full time to support in-house work.
Amelia County staff on Thursday presented a short-term facilities plan aimed at addressing office, storage and public-safety needs across county properties and asked supervisors to endorse moving the proposals into the county’s capital-improvement planning process.
The plan, outlined by Speaker 5, would repurpose the county’s old animal shelter for Parks & Rec storage, relocate the Registrar’s Office into the administration building basement to take advantage of nearby parking and meeting space, convert certain Public Works storage into enclosed space, and add apparatus bays and limited living-quarters upgrades at multiple fire stations to accommodate longer modern ambulances. "This plan's gonna outline that, and it it's gonna be a 2, 3 year plan," Speaker 5 said while introducing the recommendations.
Why it matters: officials said several county operations now work from scattered or exposed locations, leaving expensive equipment and emergency vehicles vulnerable to weather and making…
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