taxpayers lake james gordon, something needs to be done, but renovating in 1830s building and adding a second circuit court room. >> doesn't make sense to me. >> because you decided to add this extra circuit court you added all the logistics of transporting from one side all extra costs they have to bear the city of the county. >> reporter: this they telling you how much extra that is? >> nobody can tell us that yet. tell us. >> reporter: in their personal opinion, the extra court room is not needed but they have cut for the project and have to give in somewhere. >> if we go to trial, i don't think we can come out a winner. again, we have cut costs by about 4 billion, and if we lose control of this courthouse, then it could cost us a lot more. >> reporter: jp davis said the county raised property taxes by $.02 last july to pay for the costs and if they crunch their numbers correctly, that should be enough to cover it, but no promises. >> we don't know where it is going to end, and with this economy going in such a tailspin, it could be more. these are just estimates at this point. bi