Scott County Commissioners Greg Prince, Randy Julian and Mike Jones watch as Scottsburg Mayor Terry Amick signs the deed officially selling the current Scottsburg City Hall to the county.
City Hall offices will be moving to the Mid-America Science Park on S. Lake Road on the city’s westside. The county intends to us the city hall building to house the county auditor, assessor, recorder and treasurer leaving the current courthouse available for expanded court, prosecutor and clerk offices.
With both city and county officials calling it a Win-Win for each, the City of Scottsburg officially deeded the current city hall to the Scott County Commissioners on Friday, Dec. 6.
The deal, struck in November of last year, sells the city hall property to the county for $600,000. The county decided last year to us a portion of ARPA (American Rescue Plan Act 2021) funding to make the purchase. In December last year the County Council approved the ARPA expenditure.
This is a win-win,” said Scottsburg Mayor Terry Amick. “The county needs the space city hall will provide. City hall offices will re-locate to Mid-America Science Park, a state-of-the-art facility that the city owns. And there will be zero cost to residents.”
The city now has up to a year to move city offices currently housed at the corner of Main & McClain to city owned MASP on South Lake Road.
“This will be a slow transition,” Amick said. “We will move in phases to ensure zero disruption of services.”
The county was pleased that remodeled offices across the street from the courthouse became available in the historic downtown.
Commissioners said that once county offices—auditor, assessor, treasurer & recorder—are relocated to the present city hall then expansion, better flow of people and improved security can be the attention of Circuit and Superior Courts, Prosecutor, and County Clerk.
This is not the first time Scott County has had a separate courthouse annex. The former Methodist Church at the corner of Kerton and N. 1st Street was used as a courthouse office facility in the 1980’s until the current courthouse expansion was completed. The former courthouse annex at that location now is the home of LifeSpring Mental Health.