The facility also houses the City of Greenville Municipal Court. The plan is to make a decision by this fall concerning the site and have a new building in place by the spring of 2004. Tuesday, Police Chief Barry Paris and Director of Public Works Massoud Ebrahim are scheduled to make a presentation to the Council concerning the progress of the needs assessment so far. The Council is also slated as possibly discussing the matter in a closed door session during the regular agenda of Tuesday's meeting. The police department has outgrown the former Austin Elementary School, which it has occupied for about 12 years.
Crews are also in the process of ridding the structure of mold, bacteria and asbestos.