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Committee approves forwarding Marion County Clerk’s lease for 36,000 sq ft of records space

Indianapolis City-County Council Admin Finance Committee · March 10, 2026
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Summary

Marion County Clerk Kate Sweeney Bell told the Admin Finance Committee the clerk’s office needs about 36,000 square feet in addition to its Madison Avenue records facility (which holds more than 150 million records); the committee voted to forward the lease proposal to the full council after questions about space and digitization costs.

Marion County Clerk Kate Sweeney Bell told the Admin Finance Committee that the clerk’s records facility on Madison Avenue is at capacity and that the office needs roughly 36,000 square feet of additional space under a proposed lease.

"We have over a 150,000,000 records, and we'd love to have them here in this facility," Sweeney Bell said, explaining that the new lease would give the clerk sole possession of the building while allowing the Office of Finance and Management to…

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