Construction will soon start on a new administrative building adjacent to the Elmore County Judicial Complex.

At its meeting last Tuesday, the Elmore County Commission voted to accept a $14 million bid from Stone Building to construct a new building for the Elmore County Circuit Clerk and portions of the Elmore County Sheriff’s Office.

“It will take about 18 months to complete the first part of the project,” Elmore County chief engineer Luke McGinty said. “When the clerk moves, then they will renovate that space and others in the current judicial building. It will make room for the new judges.”

The county received four bids for the project with Stone Building being the lowest.

“They were all in the same range,” McGinty said.

The bid is about $7 million lower than estimates to create m

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