Members of the Polk County commission’s Building and Grounds Committee continued their efforts last week to get the Ducktown Law Court operating in the Copper Basin area as soon as possible.
Committee Chairman Greg Brooks and District 3 commissioners Keith Barker and Mush Davis met Tuesday, December 27, at Building A on the Copper Basin Medical Center campus.
Brooks said the purpose was to take measurements and compile a list of specific changes for court to be held in the building. The work includes closing in two of three openings leading into what will become the courtroom and making a single, double door entry into the area. A wall with a door will also be constructed to enclose part of the area where the judge’s bench will be located.
As of Thursday, December 29, Brooks said all that was left for RFPs (requests for proposals) to be issued was to get the state mandated requirements for a judge’s bench.
Brooks said he would contact General Sessions Judge Brooklynn Townsend in hopes RFPs could be issued the first week in January.
Barker said the committee is “working toward moving in there as soon as we can.”
Ducktown Law Court had to be moved to the justice center in Benton temporarily after the Building and Grounds Committee determined the old county courthouse in Ducktown unsafe after meeting there Wednesday, November 30.