Nonetheless, the early involvement of the neighbors appeared to sway the thoughts of any board members with a preference for the location on the north side of Route 38. Board member Drew Frasz suggested the neighbors were being used as "political pawns." Several board members expressed frustration with Lauzen's stirring up fears in Harvest Hills before there are any actual plans or an agreed-upon overall concept to show them. Whitlatch and her neighbors said they do not support any function that involves 24/7 operations. And that means devaluing your property tax base as well." They all negatively affect our home values. Those are things that have an ick factor for buyers of our homes. "That's anything that brings undesirable effects to our community like environmental, noise or light pollution. "It's a noxious use," said Whitlatch, a commercial real estate attorney. And that goes double for the coroner's office. They don't want a sheriff's impound lot, or vehicle maintenance. Kathryn Whitlatch was one of five Harvest Hills residents to tell county board members none of the functions the county wants to relocate would be a good fit for land adjacent to their neighborhood.
There's also space on the actual judicial center campus on the south side of Route 38.
A recent letter from county board Chairman Chris Lauzen spurred their attention to the project, which had fallen dormant after being described as an "emergency" during an influx of decomposing bodies last summer.Ī push by county board members revived discussions last month about locating a new facility for the coroner, as well as other county needs, on the north side of Route 38, across from the county's judicial center campus.
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