White County Budget and Finance Committee indefinitely tables courts building project, after reduced to $17.5 million | News

County Treasurer Janet Hibbitts said the decision means the proposal is sidelined until someone who voted to table it makes the decision to bring it back. White County Judge-elect Lisa Brown said that is her understanding, too, that “only a JP who voted to table can bring it back up,” but she was waiting for clarification.

Brown said she believes the project eventually “will be revisited … just not sure when.”

The cost of the project had ballooned to $26 million with contingencies due to increases in size and construction costs, but the new amount discussed Tuesday involved a 25 percent reduction in the footprint of the facility, which would be built on land already roped off on Benton Street, not far from the White County Law Enforcement Center.

A reduction in square footage from 33,900 and the removal of a Quorum Court building from the design plan led to the amount coming down to $17.5 million,…