By Matt Smith/msmith@trcle.com
June 09, 2009 01:37 pm
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Johnson County commissioners accepted guaranteed maximum prices for two construction projects on Monday.
The first, expansion and renovation of the Guinn Justice Center’s third floor, totals $547,414. The second, renovation of the Old Band Hall building, totals $431,458.
Plans call for relocating the Guinn’s law library to the third floor and adding an attorney’s conference room.
Several Johnson County Adult Probation employees will also have offices there temporarily.
The Old Band Hall building, a building behind the Guinn that the county purchased from Cleburne ISD, will be renovated to house the offices of the Johnson County Justice of the Peace Precinct 1 and County Constable Precinct 1.
Both are housed at the Johnson County Law Enforcement Center but need additional space.
The adult probation office is also running out of space.
Workers presently have offices at several locations. Commissioners plan to build, or renovate, a space large enough to hold the entire office. No decisions have been made as to where that might be, but commissioners are considering purchase of a gymnasium owned by CISD near the Guinn building.
Three county-owned buildings on 112 S. Buffalo Ave., near the Guinn building will soon be gone. Commissioners voted to demolish a house on the property.
They voted to dismantle and sell a red metal building and to move a tan building to the County Commissioner Precinct 1 facility.
Slow down
Commissioners voted to lower speed limits on two roads in Precinct 3 because of concerns residents raised about drivers speeding through the neighborhood areas, said Commissioner Jerry Stringer.
Commissioners lowered the speed limit on part of Forgotten Lane from 40 mph to 30 mph. The affected portion of the street stretches about 640 feet from the intersection of Farm-to-Market Road 917 to the Burleson city limit.
Commissioners lowered the speed limit on Hill Top Circle from 30 mph to 20 mph.
Commissioners also approved placement of no-thru truck signs on county roads 921 and 1000 and Sky Road.
Area residents had complained of tractor trailers using the roads for short cuts, Commissioner John Matthews said.
Johnson County Sheriff Bob Alford pointed out that residents may still see tractor trailers on those roads because they are allowed to use the roads to access gas well sites or make deliveries to residents and businesses on those roads.
County Judge Roger Harmon opened Monday’s meeting by calling upon residents to display the American flag in honor of Flag Day on Sunday. Harmon proclaimed Monday through Sunday as Flag Recognition Week.
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Members of area veterans’ groups join Johnson County Judge Roger Harmon, front left, to proclaim Monday through Sunday as Flag Recognition Week. Harmon urged residents to fly their flags throughout the week and to celebrate Flag Day on Sunday. Pictured, back row from left, are Joel Franklin, American Legion Post 50 commander, and Ken Peters Jr., 6th District commander of the Sons of the American Legion Squadron 50. Front row, from left, are Sandi Arnold, American Legion Auxiliary Unit 50 president and Harmon.