ST. PAUL — Minnesota’s Senate Republicans have decided against moving into a new office building for at least another year, their leader said Thursday.

Senate Minority Leader David Hann told The Associated Press that his members concluded the relocation isn’t worth the hassle. The decision to spurn the three-story, $90 million Senate building also tracks with the GOP’s strong opposition to constructing it in the first place.

“The consensus is right now people don’t see the reason to move,” Hann said. “There’s no need for the space we’re in. It is a disruption to move. There is a cost to the public to move. It is a very short session and we’ll have to move again after the next election.”

Hann said the caucus discussed the issue during a wider-ranging meeting last week. They didn’t take any votes but Hann said the message was clear.

He said Senate Republicans know of no tenant waiting for their current first-floor space in the State Office Building so there’s less pressure to pack up. Hann issued a statement later Thursday saying Republicans would consider moving if a new tenant surfaces imminently.

There has been discussion about moving off-site employees of the Revisor’s Office into the space Republicans would vacate, but it’s not clear how far along the planning is.