County eyes downtown buildings for possible courthouse expansion

Posted on December 25, 2015

Facing overcrowding within the county courthouse, the Taylor County Commission is looking for ways to alleviate the problem, including the possibility of purchasing a downtown building to house some of the offices currently in the courthouse.

In an earlier attempt to help the problem, the board agreed in July 2014 to purchase a former convenience store on U.S. 19 to house the Supervisor of Elections office, but that move has been met with complaints over moving a constitutional officer out of the downtown district.

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