The Education and Training Center in North Vernon is about to lose another tenant. City officials announced this week that they had received a letter from the Indiana Region 9 Workforce Board that it is terminating its lease at the building, located at 1200 West O&M Ave., effective the end of May.

Officials with the Workforce Board say that their funding, provided largely by the state, has been diminished over the past two years. According to the letter, the organization remains “committed to serving the workforce needs” of the area. The Workforce Board says that it would like to remain in the facility, but unless better terms can be offered by the city, they would need to relocate.

This is the latest in a run of bad news at the ETC. Ivy Tech pulled its offices out last year, leaving the campus largely empty. The city council briefly discussed options for the facility, which Councilman Jerry Lamb says is quickly becoming a “money-pit.”

Council took no action on the matter, but they are expected to discuss it further at the next meeting on April 24th.