Oktibbeha County supervisors on Monday left plans for tearing down the old Felix Long Memorial Hospital building in limbo and sent an architecture firm hoping to design the work back to square one.
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Oktibbeha funds facilities study as first step in designing new headquarters
The Oktibbeha County Board of Supervisors approved an initial facility study assessment for $12,000 Monday morning to evaluate existing county buildings and possibly pave the way for building a new county headquarters.
The board met with Major Design Studio of Columbus at its meeting March 15 to start the preliminary conversation about the possibility of creating a new facility to house county departments. MDS provided an extensive presentation of projects the company has completed in the past.
MDS Principal Ryan Ashford outlined an initial study to assess the architecture and engineering of all existing county buildings, and the board approved the spending for this assessment 5-0.