From the Fort Wayne News Sentinel:
Less than two years after a multimillion-dollar project brought most city and county offices together in two downtown buildings, Fort Wayne taxpayers may soon be paying more than $52,000 in annual rent to move one agency several blocks away.
When compared to the annual city budget of about $174 million, that's not a lot of money. But in the wake of sometimes-contentious co-location negotiations between city and county officials, and with tax increases being sought to help close a $6 million deficit in the city's budget, the public is entitled to answers all the same.
Under the proposal already approved by the Board of Works and scheduled for a public hearing before City Council later this month, the city would sign a five-year lease on 4,739 square feet of space in the eight-floor building at 202 W. Berry St., which would then become home to the Metropolitan Human Relations Commission, the city's civil-rights agency. If renewed for another 10 years as allowable under the lease, the rent would total nearly $782,000 – and that doesn't include new phone service, computer lines and security upgrades (the landlord would pay utilities).
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