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County staff report $5 million engineering facility, jail grant and other facilities work
Summary
Staff updated the commissioners on the Home Road project and a $5,000,000 engineering facility funded largely with state gas tax dollars; speakers also described a jail remodeling grant pursued since 2021 and an inspection of an entrance door at a county building.
County staff and commissioners used the Oct. 16 meeting to update each other on several capital and facility items, including the Home Road project, consolidation of engineering offices, a jail remodeling grant and a localized accessibility issue at the prosecutor’s office entrance.
Speaker 2 said the Home Road project with contractor J and S is progressing and that framing for administrative and mechanical spaces is underway. He told the board that operations from the county’s engineering department will relocate to the new engineering facility and that the project is being funded with reallocated state gas tax dollars rather than local tax levies.
The engineering facility was described in the meeting as a $5,000,000 project; Speaker 2 also detailed a public-private partnership for the extension of water and sewer lines (cost described as a little over $500,000) and said the county has an MOU to transfer an older county building to the village of Mount Gilead in exchange for infrastructure payment.
Separately, Speaker 2 noted the county’s multi-year effort to secure a jail remodeling grant (pursued since 2021). Board members also discussed a sticking front entrance at a county facility (referred to in the meeting as the children's home side) and said a contractor would inspect and recommend whether replacement is required.
Commissioners asked questions about ramp height and ADA/DDA-grade components for the prosecutor’s office entrance; staff said they would calculate options and costs and report back.
