Phase 1 of project to include drainage system, new steps
The Hamilton County Commission took its meeting outdoors for a time Monday morning so that board members could see first-hand what was being proposed in the first phase of a courthouse renovation and preservation project. From left are Commissioner Francis McDonald, civil engineer Chris Lane, preservation architect Jerry Berggren, Commissioner John Thomas, County Attorney Douglas Dexter and Commissioners Nancy Salmon and Nicole SaBell.
The weather on Monday morning was cooler and pleasant for mid-August, but that’s not why the Hamilton County Board of Commissioners decided to move part of its weekly meeting outdoors. The reason the board took an unscheduled field trip to the area near the back entrance to the county courthouse was so that board members could get a first hand look at the crumbling sandstone blocks at the base of …