Staff Photo by Tim Barber/Chattanooga Times Free Press
Hamilton County Trustee Bill Hullander stands in front of the new satellite offices for the Trustee’s office in the Bonny Oaks Industrial Park.For Hamilton County Trustee Bill Hullander and Register of Deeds Pam Hurst, moving from one rented space into another makes sense.
They’ll move out of their cramped quarters on Heritage Park Drive in the Bonny Oaks Industrial Park, landing across the street in a more spacious building on Preservation Drive.
The building is a better deal for the county — it’s more space with utilities included — but County Commission Chairman Larry Henry calls some things about the move “odd” and “peculiar,” including Hullander’s friendship with the building’s owners.
Henry said he also found it odd that Hurst wants to move into another space, because she has advocated constructing a new building as a way to save money.
On Jan. 5, Henry voted along with other commissioners to approve the lease, though Commissioner Warren Mackey initially wanted to delay approval.