Sumner County chair proposes courthouse ad hoc committee to guide renovations

The Sumner County Commission’s general-operations meeting heard a proposal to form an ad hoc committee to guide possible renovations of the county’s old courthouse. Speaker 1 said he would nominate local property owners and officials — including Reggie Mudd, Clay Haines, Hayes Brown and an entity identified in the record as 'West Wind' — to serve on the committee.

The chair framed the group as an advisory body that will review what renovation work is feasible and what is not. "I'd like to form ad hoc committee," Speaker 1 said, listing the suggested members and asking the body to approve the committee’s creation. Several commissioners asked whether additional residents who own property on the square could be added to keep an odd number of members.

The ad hoc committee will be named the courthouse ad hoc committee and, according to Speaker 1, will report back to the full commission. No funding or construction authorization was approved at the meeting; the committee was proposed as a step to produce a plan for future review by budget and by the full commission.

Next steps noted by Speaker 1 include formalizing membership and returning any proposed scope and drawings through the appropriate county channels for review and approval by the full commission.