The Franklin County Courts change to the courthouse in downtown Frankfurt after widespread floods in April.
The courts will return to the courthouse in St. Clair Street from Tuesday, September 2, the courts said. Flooded communities all over the Kentucky flooded in April, including the Capital Frankfort.
It was the “second worst flood in the history of Franklin County,” said Franklin Circuit Chief Judge Thomas Wingate in his Order order for reopening of the court building.
Franklin County Courts worked in the administrative office of the courts (AOC) in the Chamberlin Avenue, which also served as a temporary home of the Supreme Court of Kentucky and the Court of Appeal, while some damage has been repaired in the past few months. Some procedures also took place in the regional prison of Franklin County and via Zoom. The Circuit Clerk had a temporary office on Vandalay Drive, another AOC location.
Since it is the capital, most court proceedings in which state officials or government is involved are submitted to the local district court. A hearing in the case of the student team of Kentucky against the state on the quality of public education took place in the building On the Chamberlin Avenue in May.
The temporary office of Franklin Circuit Clerk will be closed for personal business on Friday, as the employee of the court building will prepare for the move next week. It will be reopened Tuesday.
In a press release, the courts' administrative office said that the flood renovation lasts, “but the building is a business willingness.”
Jamie Neal, a spokesman for AOC, informed the lantern in an e -mail that they have so far concentrated on operating systems such as HLK and electrical systems in the Franklin County Courthouse in order to enable court processes on soils that were not directly affected by the flood.
“We will have a schedule for the full restoration of the first floor after we have a complete architectural assessment and reconstruction plans for this soil,” said Neal. “This includes an investigation of the possibilities to protect against future flood damage.”