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Amelia County staff outline 2–3 year plan to relieve office and equipment space shortages
Summary
County staff presented a short-term 2–3 year plan to reconfigure county facilities: relocating the Registrar to the administration basement, repurposing the old animal shelter for Parks & Rec storage, building Public Works storage, and adding bays/living capacity at several fire/EMS stations; staff estimates an immediate staffing cost of about $26,500 and will refine costs in the CIP process.
Amelia County staff presented a short-term plan during a workshop to address growing space needs across county offices and public-safety facilities, proposing a mix of in-house renovations and contracted projects over the next two to three years.
A county staff member told the workshop the plan is “a 2, 3 year plan” focused on short-term, practical fixes rather than long-range master planning. The presentation recommended converting part of the administration building basement into usable space for the Registrar’s Office, including raising the basement floor, adding a ramp and an accessible exterior entrance to take advantage of existing adjacent parking and avoid closing the Parks & Rec building on most election days.
The presenter said moving the Registrar to the basement would “provide more office space plus space for her to have either meetings or post smaller elections,” and that the work would require relatively minor structural changes. Participants raised technical constraints, including sprinkler pipe clearances (the presentation cited an eight-foot…
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