District Court officials meet with Romulus City Council on building plan

Officials from the 34th District Court have met once with the Romulus City Council in a workshop session June 13 and will meet with the city again to discuss the court’s plans to build a new courthouse rather than renovate the current building as previously planned.
34th District Court Chief Judge Tina Brooks Green said the court is looking for an architect to give it a design for the new building that will not exceed $14 million in cost.
Judge Green said the court has prepared a memo of understanding for the council that spells everything out in writing and, as of June 15, she said it was not yet signed.
“There has been some misunderstanding so we are putting it all in writing,” Judge Green said.
She said they started with plans to rebuild and expand the current courthouse on the Romulus City campus, but then estimated costs turned out to be about the same whether it was rebuilt or completely new.
She said the plan is to build the new courthouse at another location on the city campus and then raze the current building.
The court’s construction bond, which must include a full faith and credit guarantee from the City of Romulus, will be paid off completely through funds from the court with no cost to the city, Judge Green said.