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POV 12 974 to review and study this so they can discuss and take action on the matter at their next meeting. Commissioner Matthews advised that it was her understanding that the Board had decided not to do anything about this until a decision was reached on the courthouse and jail. The County Manager advised that the courthouse and jail issue was related more to the use of the hospital building than it is to the Wilrik Building. Mr. Joyce was directed to rent the facilities downstairs and that charge remains. He added Commissioner Dossenbach wanted to be here for this discussion and ask each commissioner to review this by the next meeting so it could be discussed in detail with Mr. Joyce. Discussion followed on item 3 of the memo - "A handicap ramp is not necessary unless the retail spaces are rented. The cost of the ramp would be $90,000 to $120,000." The Board agreed that this was much too expensive. The County Manager reported that the 3rd floor of the hospital building is ready for occupancy. In a meeting with the data processing committee he learned that the part of the computer that manages the library system is not functioning. The hardware that it takes is in the hospital building waiting for the data processing department to move there. There is not enough room to put this in the small room in this building. He asked the committee when they could move and the date that came up was early December, around the 8th. If not then it would be March or April because of the operation of the tax office. One problem that needed to be considered was whether or not it would interrupt operations if we were to move the Tax Office, Planning Office, Land Records Office and Tax Administration Office to the 3rd floor of the hospital building and leave the other agencies for the future once we get the other location settled. The committee's feeling was that would not be a problem, in fact it may be in our best interest to do it that way. With the type of heating system in that building, a water cooled system, someone needs to be there to catch any type of leak or anything of that nature that would occur. The Board reviewed this move early in the spring, but the space allocation was not finalized. It makes sense to have these departments on the same floor. His recommendation is that the Tax Administration, Planning, Land Records and Data Processing Departments be moved to the third floor of the old hospital building. The Chairman advised that he is perfectly willing to personally give Mr. Cowan authority to move these departments, but he wants the final decision for space allocation to be the Manager's. After considerable discussion on the courthouse and jail facilities, the Board authorized the County Manager to put this item on the agenda of the next Board Meeting. The Board also approved the recommendation of the County Manager to move Tax Administration, Tax Office, Planning, Land Records, Data Processing and agencies on the 5th floor to the 3rd floor of the old hospital building. The Manager, Finance and Economic Development Departments will remain in the Wilrik Building until 13