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If city hall is empty, why not move county into city hall? Then we are one step closer to a regional government, just colocate the same city departments with the same county departments...then their one step closer to consolidating
county accounting+city accounting=metro accounting
auditing+auditing=auditing
purchasing+purchasing=purchasing
etc
then they can make the rath building into an office building
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Originally Posted by Timmy
That would be great, however the county is renting space now because it doesn't have enough space.
There's lots of wasted and empty space in the Rath building. Hopefully the expensive consultants doing the Space study came to that conclusion.Quote:
Originally Posted by CSense
Good idea. And if more space is needed, maybe pilot offices around the county wont be such a bad thing.
the city hall building is large enough for both Buffalo and Erie County government.
Because City Hall is not empty.Quote:
Originally Posted by Timmy
It's getting there.Quote:
Originally Posted by 300miles
Do they truly not have enough space or are they disorganized? I have heard that there is a lot of space in the building that is wasted. I've never been there, so I don't know that to be a fact. I just know that there never seems to be enough room in my house, but if I did a better job of organizing, I could probably fit a whole other family in here! Actually, if I went through and organized, who knows I might even find a whole other family in here!! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by CSense
Anyway, back to the topic, even with organization, I think the county will probably always need to rent some space just because of logistics.
Maybe it should be LOL!Quote:
Originally Posted by 300miles
but a number of local elected officials keep citing how empty city hall is and that there is enough space to move the UB school of architecture into the building.
Now seriously, in order for that idea to float...that has to be some serious excess space in that building.
Very good point! I have never been there either, but I have done work in a lot of peoples homes and businesses, and I would say on average at least 60% of people live/work like pigs, and another 30% are unorganized. So, when it comes to a bureaucratic authority, the odds are that city hall has plenty of space if someone was allowed to clean it up. Both physically and mentally of course. lolQuote:
Originally Posted by cookie
I think that reorganizing county hall would probably make more sense. City Hall is not conducive to office retrofitting.
In fact what they should do is add more floors to the new courthouse so it could include the state, county and city courts. This would eliminate the need for four buildings. The stupidity on Giambra's part was building the new crime facility way yonder, instead of by the FBI building or new courthouse.
Move city government into old county hall (formerly old city hall). This would have government in one area.
Reuse possibilities
State building = Office Space
Former County Hall = City Hall
Family Court = Ancillory County Offices for which we now rent
City Court = Detonate
City Hall = Condo/Hotel
I'm not sold on City Hall going condo. Places like the Council Chambers and the front lobby were always meant to be public places and the artwork and artdeco detail was meant for the people of the city. I would hate to see those areas become someone's private living-room and off-limits for the rest of us.
If it were more NYC style, businesses could occupy the lobby so that the artwork would be open for public display. As for the Council Chambers, maybe it could be some type of media room and open to the public at certain times for viewing.Quote:
Originally Posted by 300miles
I'm sure that something could be made available to accommodate those that wish to have some public access.
^^ Those are all great ideas.