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Saturday, August 23, 2008

Ind. Courts - More on: Grant County Superior Court 2 closes doors

Updating this ILB entry from August 18th, Maribeth Holtz of the Grant County/Marion Chronicle Tribune had a story yesterday about a special meeting of the Grant County Commissioners on Thursday that included this information:

Also at the meeting, commissioners formally approved that Superior Court 2 will be housed on the sixth floor of the county complex.

The cost of the move would be about $751, Banter reported to commissioners. The cost would include $500 for computer set up, $211 for construction of an interior wall and $101 for more drywall and insulation.

The interior wall would be paid for out of the Grant County Sheriff’s Department budget; the rest would be paid for out of the commissioners’ budget. Bardsley said after the meeting that he probably would ask the Grant County Council for additional money to pay for the project.

Bardsley also said the Indiana Department of Health will conduct a study of air quality in the courthouse Monday.

“We want to know what’s going on in the building,” he said.

Judge Randall Johnson was at the meeting, noting again his health conditions because of mold in the courthouse. He said there are others who work in the building who also have problems but fear publicly saying something about it.

“The mold has been in this building for years — that’s my opinion; I can’t prove it,” Johnson said. “When the roof blew off two years ago, it’s been worse.”

Johnson said doctors told him mold is in his system, likely causing health issues. Glickfield said Johnson is the first who has publicly come to commissioners to discuss the problem.

“We as commissioners recommended quite some time ago that we build a new courthouse, and the council said no,” Glickfield said.

Here are links to 8 photos of the Grant County Courthouse (144-151) from the University Libraries Digial Media Repository.

Posted by Marcia Oddi on August 23, 2008 02:24 PM
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