Hood River County Commission Chair Ron Rivers expects a study of the current County Courthouse and whether it should be replaced or renovated will take about six months to complete.  The study will be a part of the County’s 2015-16 fiscal year budget, and will be partially paid for by the state, which in a study a few years ago ranked Hood River’s courthouse near the bottom, particularly in the area of security.  Rivers says the County study will include the County Administration Building, and what other facility needs it might find.  The state report put a price tag of over 20 million dollars for a new courthouse.  Rivers says renovation is an option, but added if it is found a new courthouse is needed, it would probably require a bond measure to pay for construction of a facility.