August 27, 2019
By: Dwayne Page
The Smithville-DeKalb County Chamber of Commerce headquarters is moving from the second floor of the courthouse to an office at the County Complex.
During Monday night’s meeting, the county commission voted to relocate the Chamber as part of a move to rearrange some offices in the courthouse to create more space for office holders.
“There is a room currently available across from the Motlow rooms at the county complex where we can move the Chamber of Commerce to. Chamber Director Suzanne Williams is packed and ready with the help of the sheriff’s department (using supervised inmates) to make this move happen this week,” said County Mayor Tim Stribling.
The move has already begun for Williams and her new office location is expected to be open next week. In the meantime, anyone calling the Chamber office may leave a message.
The Chamber move is the first step in the courthouse office reassignment process.
Under the plan which still may take weeks or months to complete, the Circuit Court Clerk’s office, currently on the third floor of the courthouse, will soon move to the second floor where the Chamber of Commerce Office has been located.
Meanwhile the Recovery Court Office, currently on the second floor, will relocate to the Circuit Court Clerk’s office on the third floor.
The Clerk and Master’s Office on the third floor will remain where it is but more storage space will be made available. The plan calls for all of the Circuit Court Clerk archives and documents in the courthouse to be moved to a room in the middle portion of the second floor while most of the storage space now used by the Circuit Court Clerk on the third floor will be turned over to the Clerk and Master for the same purpose.
The Circuit Court Clerk’s personal office across the hall from the main office where her deputy clerks work will become an office for public use related to court activities.
The County Mayor’s Office will remain where it is located on the second floor of the courthouse. The Tennessee Highway Patrol also has an office there.
The offices of the DeKalb County Election Commission, the Veterans service officer, and the judicial commissioners will remain in their present locations on the first floor.