County pursues phase two of office relocation
NORWICH – With the Chenango County Court system finally settled in a new location on Eaton Avenue in Norwich, county officials are taking on phase two of a largescale department relocation project.
In October, the Chenango County Committee on Agriculture, Buildings and Grounds saw conceptual floor plans to convert the 1991 wing of the Chenango County Office Building, located on the north side of the building, into space for the Mental Health Department’s Drug and Alcohol Abuse Clinic currently located in a leased facility on Leilani's Way just outside the City of Norwich.
The 1991 wing is home to a number of employee offices, including the Clerk of the Board and Chairman of the Board, as well as the County Board Chambers and committee meeting room. Space will be freed up when those offices are moved to the third floor of the west side of the County Office Building. The third floor had been occupied by the court offices prior to their summertime move to The Eaton Center on Eaton Avenue.
The goal, according to Board Clerk RC Woodford, is to have the alcohol and drug abuse clinic relocated before the county’s lease on the Leilani’s Way facility expires on April 30, 2015.
“Essentially, what’s mostly required to accommodate space for Mental Health in the County Office Building is moving partitions,” Woodford said, adding that there are no plans of doing extensive renovations. Even so, he said work must go to bid among area contractors.
It’s a similar story for the third floor of the west side of the building, where partitions that once separated judicial offices need to be moved to make way for new offices and the Chenango County Board chambers. Plans are to foot expenses by using funds from the county surplus.
“We hope to put work out to bid by December or January,” said Woodford.
In addition to moving the alcohol and drug abuse clinic, the Mental Health Department is also seeking new space for the The Chenango Club, a social venue that offers recreational activities, social skill training and medication therapy to individuals with mental disabilities. Presently located at the leased facility on Leilani’s Way, The Chenango Club must be relocated to a new facility when the lease expires. Mental Health is still seeking an ideal spot.
The shuffle of Chenango County offices was originally put in motion to satisfy mandates of the New York State Unified Court System which required the county to find more floor space to accommodate a growing number of county, family and surrogate court cases in the Sixth Judicial District. County officials signed a 30-year lease agreement with Who’s We? LLC., proprietor of The Eaton Center on Eaton Avenue in Norwich, at an anticipated $12 to $15 million cost to taxpayers over the life of the lease.
Costs of the new court facilities will be partially offset by moving the county’s alcohol and drug abuse clinic to the County Office Building. The move could save taxpayers up to $200,000 per year.
In October, the Chenango County Committee on Agriculture, Buildings and Grounds saw conceptual floor plans to convert the 1991 wing of the Chenango County Office Building, located on the north side of the building, into space for the Mental Health Department’s Drug and Alcohol Abuse Clinic currently located in a leased facility on Leilani's Way just outside the City of Norwich.
The 1991 wing is home to a number of employee offices, including the Clerk of the Board and Chairman of the Board, as well as the County Board Chambers and committee meeting room. Space will be freed up when those offices are moved to the third floor of the west side of the County Office Building. The third floor had been occupied by the court offices prior to their summertime move to The Eaton Center on Eaton Avenue.
The goal, according to Board Clerk RC Woodford, is to have the alcohol and drug abuse clinic relocated before the county’s lease on the Leilani’s Way facility expires on April 30, 2015.
“Essentially, what’s mostly required to accommodate space for Mental Health in the County Office Building is moving partitions,” Woodford said, adding that there are no plans of doing extensive renovations. Even so, he said work must go to bid among area contractors.
It’s a similar story for the third floor of the west side of the building, where partitions that once separated judicial offices need to be moved to make way for new offices and the Chenango County Board chambers. Plans are to foot expenses by using funds from the county surplus.
“We hope to put work out to bid by December or January,” said Woodford.
In addition to moving the alcohol and drug abuse clinic, the Mental Health Department is also seeking new space for the The Chenango Club, a social venue that offers recreational activities, social skill training and medication therapy to individuals with mental disabilities. Presently located at the leased facility on Leilani’s Way, The Chenango Club must be relocated to a new facility when the lease expires. Mental Health is still seeking an ideal spot.
The shuffle of Chenango County offices was originally put in motion to satisfy mandates of the New York State Unified Court System which required the county to find more floor space to accommodate a growing number of county, family and surrogate court cases in the Sixth Judicial District. County officials signed a 30-year lease agreement with Who’s We? LLC., proprietor of The Eaton Center on Eaton Avenue in Norwich, at an anticipated $12 to $15 million cost to taxpayers over the life of the lease.
Costs of the new court facilities will be partially offset by moving the county’s alcohol and drug abuse clinic to the County Office Building. The move could save taxpayers up to $200,000 per year.
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