Davis library headquarters to make a short move

FARMINGTON — Davis County officials have settled on a location to build a new headquarters for the county library.

The new library, slated to be built in 2010, will move across the parking lot from the headquarters' current location to about 100 S. Main.

The county's Environmental Health Services Division, which manages air quality monitoring, food handlers' permits, restaurant and pool inspections, among other responsibilities, has an address of 99 S. Main.

But in coming years of renewal of downtown Farmington, that building is expected to be removed to make way for the new headquarters library, which first needs an architect.

That location also sits well with Farmington officials, who are in the process of designing a new city hall across Main Street.

The county has posted an advertisement on its Web site soliciting bids from qualified architects to design a library with a 14,000-square-foot main floor and 14,000-square-foot basement for training and offices and for storing 1,700 electronic voting machines for the Davis County Clerk/Auditor's office.

About 9,000 square feet of the main floor is to be used for public service and would be designed incorporating the key elements of the Centerville Branch. The building will also include an auditorium to seat 75 to 80 people ... Original Article