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Will County weighs four options to consolidate county offices, including joint Joliet complex
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Will County's capital improvements committee reviewed four options to consolidate county government functions in downtown Joliet, including a joint county-city building, and asked staff to return cost and phasing estimates before choosing a path forward.
Will County's Capital Improvements Committee on Thursday reviewed four planning options to consolidate county government offices in downtown Joliet and discussed a possible joint building with the City of Joliet.
The committee heard a presentation from Jason Dwire of White & Company outlining options that range from consolidating core county functions on the old courthouse site in a roughly 164,000-square-foot building to a "mega-consolidation" that would colocate county offices, the state's attorney, public defender and probation services with a Joliet city hall component in a single complex. White & Company said phased approaches are possible and that some scenarios would free other properties for redevelopment.
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