Wednesday, October 13, 1999
Butler Co. offices make huge move to new building
BY STEVE KEMME
The Cincinnati Enquirer
HAMILTON — Butler County government offices are in the midst of their massive move into new Government Services Center in downtown Hamilton.
The Butler County Board of Elections, Child Support Enforcement Agency, Human Services Department, Treasurer's Office and Private Industry Council/Employment and Training Administration have moved into the 11-story building at High Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.
An Ohio Bureau of Employment Services office also has moved into the $35 million building.
During the next 10 days, the county clerk of courts office, Common Pleas and Domestic Relations courts, Veterans Services and the county commissioners will move in.
“The move has been very smooth,” said Butler County Administrator Derek Conklin.
The county prosecutor's office and an Ohio Title Department office will be moving in before the end of the year.
County officials are considering moving a couple of other county agencies into the half of the new building's sixth floor that has no planned occupants.
Two possible candidates are the county coroner's office and the county Emergency Management Agency, both located in rented space in a building on North F Street in Hamilton.
The moves will enable the county to centralize many county offices that have been scattered in leased and rented space in the Hamilton area.
“The moving project is pretty ambitious,” said Tim Williams, county finance director, who is supervising the moves.
The most difficult move was the Human Services Department because it involved about 150 employees and required a lot of electrical hookups in work spaces.
“But I expect the next 10 days will be trying on everybody because we have so many different departments moving into the building at one time,” Mr. Williams said.
The historic county courthouse, two blocks from the Government Services Center, will retain Probate Court and will pick up Area II Court from the county administration building.
The adult probation department and pretrial services also will be housed in the old courthouse.
The county will decide later who else will occupy the courthouse, which underwent an exterior restoration the past two years.
“We're looking to utilize any additional space we have in the courthouse,” Mr. Williams said. “But we're concentrating right now on the Government Services Center.”
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