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By Chris Case
STEELVILLE–The county recognizes there’s a storage problem, but hasn’t quite figured out what the right solution is.
This week, the commission met with Tammy Martin from the associate circuit court office to discuss the storage issue. Martin said her office had wanted to send a representative to say they’d like to keep the second floor of the associate court building for their storage needs.
If our records are “off the premises, that would be an issue for us,” she said. “If we have to drive across town or if it takes us several days to search for and find the records, that would be an issue. We’re not asking for anything fancy, just shape (the building) up where we can use it.”
She also mentioned that her office wanted to upgrade the break room by adding a full kitchen, with stove and dishwasher. The new refrigerator’s water also needs to be connected.
Martin suggested trying to renovate the current space before adding a new building specifically for storage. She asked if the old jail could be reconfigured to provide more room.
According to Presiding Commissioner Ed Worley, there is a lot of junk in the old jail that could be discarded but no way to actually reconfigure the floor plan because of the iron cells.
“We need a building somewhere or some storage units,” Worley said. “I’m still in favor of building some storage units on Euclid.”
The county has property on Euclid Street in Steelville.
“The problem you’ve got is each person is looking at ‘my office,’” Worley added. “We have to look at the entire county’s needs, not just one specific office. It has to be something that will help everybody.”
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