Kerr County Clerk's office moving back to courthouse Sept. 2

A brief interruption in service lies ahead for the Kerr County Clerk’s Office, but the end result will be worth it as the employees plan to relocate and reopen back in their first-floor suite in the Kerr County Courthouse, 700 Main Street in Kerrville.

Since the July 16 flood severely damaged the lower level of the courthouse, the facility has been closed to the public and all offices housed there have been working out of temporary locations.

The County Clerk’s office had set up shop at the Hill Country Youth Event Center and was back to serving the public within a week.

Now, it plans to close a little early at 3 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 31, and remain closed for the day on Tuesday, Sept. 1, while employees make the physical move of office furniture and equipment back to their original office setup.

Plans are to reopen and serve the citizens of Kerr County and surrounding areas starting at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 2, in Suite 122.

Please note that public access to the courthouse will be restricted and limited to only the first floor and the offices that have officially reopened.

In order to satisfy ADA-compliance, county departments located on the second floor will make their return only after the courthouse’s main elevator is repaired. Kerr County commissioners meeting Monday, Aug. 24, approved a contract for that work to start.

Discussions are under way to plan what the future will hold for all the departments who were located in the courthouse’s basement, which was impacted the most directly by the floodwaters that topped six feet in that area.

Please stay tuned in for future office reopening announcements, which will be made public on the county’s Facebook page and on its website: www.kerrcountytx.gov.