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At Least Part Of Courthouse To Remain Open In Century
May 28, 2009
NorthEscambia.com has learned that court will continue to be held in the Billy G. Ward Courthouse in Century.
An email sent Wednesday to all Escambia County Sheriff’s deputies indicated that the courthouse will not close as previous announced this month.
“Per the Clerk’s Office, the Century Courthouse WILL NOT be closing June the 1st. It has been approved for the courthouse to remain opened,” the email sent to the deputies read.
NorthEscambia.com has attempted to contact Escambia County Clerk of the Courts Ernie Lee Magaha for comment since the first of the month, but he has yet to return our repeated phone calls.
It was not immediately clear if the services offered by Escambia County Tax Collector Janet Holley would remain in Century. While the email sent to deputies indicated that the courthouse would remain open, deputies generally do not directly interact with the tax collector’s office. They do, of course, frequently refer people into the court system through arrests and traffic tickets.
On Wednesday, the Tri-Cities Rotary club approved a resolution asking both Magaha and Holley to keep their offices in Century. Century Mayor Freddie McCall, a member of the Tri-Cities Rotary Club, said that it was his understanding that Magaha had indeed decided to keep his office open in Century. McCall said Holley had not offered such a commitment.
We were unable to reach Holley late Wednesday afternoon for comment.
Both constitutional officers announced earlier this month they were pulling out of Century primarily to save money, citing a low usage level for their services as a secondary reason for leaving Century.
Pictured above: The Billy G. Ward Courthouse in Century. NorthEscambia.com photo, click to enlarge.
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I went to the tag office in Century yesterday. There has been only one staff member there for several weeks. Everyone else has already been transferred to other offices. She said she is still in the process of preparing to move back to the Cantonment office because she hasn’t heard otherwise.