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grams which now include a new maternity clinic.
“We could rent space from someone who will renovate a structure to our specifications, but there is another option: a capital improvements program.” The county could construct new offices and amortize the expense over 25 years, with the local share amounting to around a third of the total cost, he added. Citing Greene County’s recent experience, he said that a prefabricated building could be erected at a “very reasonable” cost to the locality.
According to figures presented to the board, a 2,500 square foot building would cost $110,000 to be amortized over 25 years at $4,400 annually with the state paying $3,057 of that and the county responsible for $1,342.
But administrative assistant John McCarthy pointed out that the estimated $44 per square foot construction cost may be low; that the projection doesn’t include interest charges and that the current formula which has the state paying 70 percent and the county 30 percent of the
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