Officials at the highest levels of the Albany and Dougherty County governments are negotiating a plan for allocation of some $4.2 million in capital outlay funds that will be used to make repairs in the jointly used downtown Government Center, the Central Square Annex Building and the city/county Judicial Building over the next seven years.

Since the generally accepted status of the buildings is that they are “owned” by the county, all but the Judicial Building having been built utilizing SPLOST funds that at the time were “controlled” by the County Commission, and that the city “rents” space in the facilities, questions have arisen over funding for needed repairs that include installation of a new chiller in the five-story Government Center, replacing carpet in the Government Center and Annex buildings, refurbishing the first-floor lobby of the Government Center, and waterproofing and resealing windows in all three structures.

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