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to help pay for the construction of a new library, he added.
Not only office space but another hearing room for the courts may be necessary “within a five-year time frame,” Mr. McCarthy said. He also suggested that the historic church building should “remain in hands that are going to guarantee its preservation and protection.”
“The town, the county and the library board need to sit down aij^cL^tart talking,” maintained Mr. McCarthy, adding that the three entities should determine the value of their assets, both to themselves and to other parties.
(According to reports, Washington's Town Council is interested in acquiring the library’s current quarters while the county would like to have the town hall, which is situated much closer to the courthouse complex and government offices. Another problem for the county is the town’s recent amendment of its zoning ordinance to limit county offices to the village services district, which encompasses the courthouse complex, lots on both sides of Gay Street from Mt. Salem Avenue north almost to Middle Street, and the three office buildings and apartment house on the west side of Main Street.).
“The earlier that process g<ets started publicly, the better,” the county administrator concluded.
See LIBRARY, p. 12
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