The cost of the new Annex Building that is currently under construction was revealed Monday morning at the Clinton County Commissioners meeting.
Commissioners President Jordan Brewer said he was happy with the final price of $17.75 million dollars.
“As I explained in the meeting, it really was roughly over a half million dollars less and it’s going to grow a little bit as well with the change order that’s going to reduce the cost,” said Brewer.
Brewer added there were things they had to add to the project.
“From a legal standpoint, the build out that is going to be technically temporary in some regards but will be assigned to the Annex portion rather than the courthouse,” said Brewer. “What I mean by that is that if we would have rented a building, the community that housed the court, prosecutor and clerk, we would have had to pay for that either way.”
The Commissioners will hold a ribbon cutting on the building on Wednesday, August 9.
In other news, the Commissioners turned down a bid for a company to buy the skating rink in TPA Park.
“Today, we learned the skating rink was for sale and it sound like they have some level of a purchase agreement in place,” said Brewer. “Going back to a couple of years ago, it was kind of a nuance that the Babers owned the building but the county actually owned the building that it sat on.”
The bid came from a company in Monterey, California and their price was $250,000.