TOLEDO, Ohio —

The Toledo-Lucas County Health Department is one step closer to moving to a new building.

Department officials said they're hoping to close on the Diocese of Toledo's downtown building on Friday.

The TLCHD building on North Erie Street has served the community for decades, but officials say it's showing its age.

"Th e city's maintenance crew's been trying hard the last few years in keeping up," public health commissioner Karim Baroudi said.

But even with maintenance, a lot of the systems inside the building are obsolete. The department's building also has leaky ceilings, issues with temperature control and parking, according to Baroudi.

"Parking is almost not available for our clients," he said. "It's nonexistent for our staff at all."

He said staff has to

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