New parking coming to courthouse

By By Clif Knight, Hartselle Enquirer
The grounds of the Morgan County Courthouse will be enlarged in the near future to create additional parking, included more handicapped spaces.
The changes were approved at the April 14 meeting of the Morgan County Commission.
Chairman John Glasscock was authorized to secure a landscape architect’s rendering for the development of a parking lot addition on county-owned property fronting Davis Street. A building on the property will be demolished and removed. It formerly was a new car dealership and more recently served Morgan County Sheriff’s Department as an automotive maintenance facility.
Glasscock said he wants to relocate parking spaces currently used for driver’s license testing to the new parking lot and expand the number of spaces dedicated for handicapped parking.
District 1 Commissioner Jeff Clark, who is coordinating the project, said county equipment and operators would be used to demolish and remove the building and a conrete foundation and parking deck after a plan is submitted and approved.
The sheriff’s vehicle maintenance operations are now being done in a building in Priceville.
The commission acted on other matters as follows: