A new Johnson County Court Services building is a little closer to reality following a key vote Monday night.
The Johnson County Council voted 6-0, with member John Ditmars abstaining, to approve issuing a local income tax bond Monday for a 73,000-square-foot building that would house much of the court services department, including adult community corrections and probation. The new building will be built behind the current community corrections building at 1071 Hospital Road on land that is already county-owned.
The project is expected to cost approximately $38.4 million, though the bond amount being financed is $10 million lower, $28.4 million. This was because, after discussions between officials, the county council agreed to use cash on hand they had from the correctional facility local income tax fund to pay down costs.
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Building planned to unify Johnson County Community Corrections, court services under one roof
For nearly 30 years, Johnson County Community Corrections has called a small, temporary building on Franklin’s southwest side home.
This could soon change as county officials prepare to build a new 73,000-square-foot building that’ll house not only adult community corrections but nearly all of Johnson County’s spread-apart court services department.