City of Martinsville recently issued the following announcement.
Some City Offices to Temporarily Relocate
In preparation of a new Police Headquarters and other new office space, some city offices will be temporarily relocating to other city-owned locations.
On Thursday, April 28th and Friday, April 29th the Clerk-Treasurer’s Office will be closed for in-person transactions so they may move to their temporary location at the Wastewater Treatment Plant building at 995 Rogers Road. During these two days, the staff may be reached via telephone, at 765-342-6012. The Clerk-Treasurer’s Office will reopen for normal business starting Monday, May 2nd. While at the temporary location, the hours of operation will be Monday-Friday from 7:30 AM to 3:30 PM.
The Building Inspector and Code Enforcement Office will be relocating to space in City Hall at 59 S. Jefferson Street, by mid-May. The entrance to their temporary office location will be through a marked door on the east (back) side of the building. There will not be access to the Building Inspector/Code Enforcement Office from within City Hall. Visitors to the office are therefore encouraged to park in the lot on the east side of City Hall. Office hours for the Building Inspector/Code Enforcement office will be 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM; 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM Monday through Friday. The telephone number will remain 765-349-4923.
Once both the Clerk-Treasurer and Building Inspector/Code Enforcement offices move, the building will be set for demolition. This is to be the site of the future Police Headquarters. No dates have been set for the demolition or the start of construction of the headquarters; however, it is hoped that work will begin in 2022.
A timeline for when the temporarily relocated offices will have permanent locations has not yet been determined. According to Martinsville Mayor Kenny Costin, this is a multi-layer, multi-year project. “Once the Public Safety Building has been razed and the new Police Headquarters has been built, work will begin on creating permanent office space for the relocated offices,” said Costin. Plans for where these offices will be located is still under review.
The mayor went on to say, “We recognize that the relocation of these offices may be an inconvenience; however, the long-range improvements will allow us to better serve our residents.” He pointed out that the offices being relocated are going into space already owned by the city and therefore, not costing the taxpayers any additional dollars for rent of the space.
Architectural designs for the Police Headquarters and future office space are being prepared for presentation to the Common Council for their review sometime in the coming weeks.
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