PANAMA CITY — The main building of the Bay County Courthouse will be closed Oct. 10 - 12, but any courthouse business scheduled on those days will not be interrupted, officials announced Wednesday.
With the upcoming construction for the Bay County Courthouse Extension Project, Gulf Power is going to relocate a transformer. Since the courthouse will be running on a generator, the main courthouse will not be open. However, all court operations and services will be open and functioning.
“This is just one of those necessary issues that arose in the construction process and you just have to be prepared to work around them. Yates Construction has been meeting with us and working with us to make this as smooth as possible” said Clerk of Court Bill Kinsaul. “The judges and all court personnel understand we need to be fully operational, yet flexible when things like this arise. We will be fully operational, just in these various locations. With e-filing and the ability to pay citations, fees, child support online, the use of technology will really benefit customers on days like this.”
The Juvenile Courthouse located at 533 East 11th St. will be used as well as the courthouse annex and the board finance office. Directional signs will be made to direct customers and staff will be on-site to answer questions and direct customers to court locations.