INDIANOLA, Iowa (AP) — A judge has declared the Warren County Courthouse no longer habitable and says court employees are at risk.

Chief Judge Arthur Gamble of Iowa’s Fifth Judicial District issued the finding.

He also told Warren County supervisors that if the county doesn’t act soon, the court will begin a process to compel them to provide suitable court facilities, as required by law.

A $35 million bond referendum, which would have allowed the supervisors to borrow money to build a new justice center, failed earlier this month.

The supervisors have been looking at either making extensive plumbing, electrical and heating and cooling repairs or building a new courthouse. Gamble closed courts twice last year because of plumbing and sewer gas leaks.