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Martinsville Board approves lease at 56 N. Main to move city offices from wastewater plant
Summary
The Martinsville Board of Works and Safety approved an annual lease for office space at 56 North Main Street at $3,500 per month after staff told the board the city received an eviction notice from its current space at the wastewater treatment plant.
The Martinsville Board of Works and Safety on June 23 approved an annual lease for city office space at 56 North Main Street, a move staff said is needed after the city received an eviction notice from its current space at the wastewater treatment plant. The board voted to enter the lease at $3,500 per month.
City staff presented the lease as an affordable short‑ to medium‑term option while longer‑range plans for a municipal building remain under consideration. Staff said the municipality has occupied the wastewater treatment plant location for a little more than three years and that the new space meets current office needs. The lease is annual and does not prevent the city from later constructing, adding to or remodeling a permanent municipal facility.
Board members asked whether the lease would commit the city long term; staff said the agreement would not “lock us into anything” and could be ended if the city moved into a new permanent building. The motion to enter the lease was made and seconded during the meeting and carried without recorded roll‑call tallies.
The board did not set an effective start date in the discussion recorded on the transcript; staff asked the board for approval “tonight.” The board also compared the cost to a previously considered municipal bond for a new building, which staff said would have implied monthly debt costs in the tens of thousands, making the lease a lower cost interim solution.
