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El Paso County staff request $4.5M courthouse renovation and $107K garage security contract
Summary
Facilities presenter Brian Olson asked commissioners for one-time funding to add four courtrooms and related support space ($4.5 million) and to fund a downtown parking-garage security contract (~$107,000); commissioners praised the study and said the county will seek state support for longer-term courthouse needs.
Brian Olson, who presented the facilities and strategic infrastructure update to the El Paso County Board of Commissioners, asked the board for two one-time critical-needs allocations: a $4.5 million courthouse renovation to add four new courtrooms, magistrate office space, support staff offices and training rooms; and about $107,000 for a downtown parking-garage security contract.
Olson said the county has been working on a facilities master plan for more than a year, including in-depth interviews with elected offices and departments and building assessments "to transparently report…
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