Commissioner

Greg Dunn is now the official point man for

Fayette County's judicial complex construction

project.

As

required in its contract with consultants Mallett

and Associates, the County Commission designated

Dunn as a single point of contact for the

project, to deal with change order requests and

act as liaison between the consultants and the

county.

He

also will act as a central source of information

for media and the public during the expected

three-year life of the $60 million project.

Dunn

will have "authority to transmit

instructions, receive information, interpret adn

define [the commission's] policies and decisions

with respect to [Mallett's] services for the

project, and to transmit and receive information

from the media and other governmental

agencies," according to the motion naming

him as the liaison.

Commissioner

Herb Frady argued that county manager Billy

Beckett would be the more proper person to

represent the county on the project. "I have

a problem with this board having one of us...

interpret what we want," he said.

But

when his motion to appoint Beckett failed, Frady

voted in favor of the motion appointing Dunn,

making it unanimous.

Commissioners

also authorized a written "notice to

proceed," authorizing Mallett to go forward

with planning for the project, which includes

adding onto the existing county jail, using the

old county courthouse as sheriff's offices and

building a new, three-story courthouse with the

third floor unfinished.

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