City joins early move toward a joint building

Decatur Daily Democrat:

A proposed city-county building in downtown Decatur took another step toward reality Tuesday night when Decatur City Council unanimously agreed to spend the funds necessary for its involvement in such a project.

While a city-county building still has numerous hoops to jump through, momentum seems to be building. Now that the city has committed to paying the Schenkel Schultz architectural firm of Fort Wayne to move forward on plans, it's almost assured the county will follow suit.

Although council committed the city to the first phase, Mayor John Schultz pointed out that should the county drop the proposal then the city would no longer be obligated.