3. Feasiblity study for juvenile detention/alternative holding facility

The Cass County Coroner's Office is a new department within Cass County. There has been much public scrutiny lately as to their work environments and their ability to conduct operations. The Cass County Commission has made major strides in solving these issues. The last step in this process will be finding them a permanent work environment that will be useful for many years to come. There is one plan that would allow for them to be housed within a new structure within Fargo Cass Public Health. This structure is a City of Fargo project and our employees would work out of their building. The offer is a good faith offer by the City of Fargo and solves the immediate issues, but it does breed future issues. The first issue is the Cass County Coroner's Office is a Cass County entity. Their employees are part of the Cass County network; they receive their salaries, policies,procedures and guidelines from Cass County Government. They also must receive their IT support from Cass County, no matter where they are housed. Placing them at Fargo Cass Public Health removes them from this environment and support. The second issue comes into play once the current Cass County Coroner retires. The current Coroner is a Fargo Cass Public Health employee and his office is in the Fargo Cass Public Health building. As of today, it would be convenient to have the Coroner's Office near him on a daily basis, however, this adds an entirely different dynamic once he retires. If the next appointed Cass County Coroner comes from a different medical facility, we would feasibly have the new Coroner in one facility, the Coroner's Office investigators in a different building and their governing entity, Cass County Government, in another area. This is not a good management practice.