The City of Clinton is moving forward in its pursuit of a new facility and the next step is underway.

Last week, the Clinton City Council approved its designers and engineers for the project. City Administrator Taylor Baxter says the process focuses on a needs assessment.

While the needs assessment goes on, the City is in pursuit of a location. With a couple of ideas for locations, Baxter says the needs assessment will give them an idea of how much space they are going to need.

The City is targeting the greenspace on Center Street across from the library for its new building. The Warner Foundation owns that space currently and Baxter believes it would be an ideal location for a new facility.

Because of the limited space in town where the City wants to be, Baxter indicates renovating an existing building is not out of the question, however, it would have be ideal in size and affordability.