The county has been criticized for not including a victim-witness office in the newly remodeled courthouse building but county CAO Terri Daly emphasized that there was no oversight – placing the county’s Victim-Witness office inside what is to become the state’s courthouse would complicate and delay the legal transfer of the courthouse from county ownership to the courts.

The Supervisors were anxious to get the job done as soon as possible and approved the project and asked county counsel Martha Shaver to draft an appropriate agreement with the courts to occupy the space in the parking lot. GSA director Jon Hopkins said it would take 60 – 90 days to order the modular office and get it installed. Hopkins said that the judges are in favor of moving the Victim Witness office to the modular office. The court will charge what Daly called “a minimal amount of rent” for the space.