Tuesday, December 10, 2024
Copperas Cove will soon receive a new Coryell County tax office and early voting center location.
During a special meeting on Nov. 1, the Coryell County Commissioners Court approved a contract price of $500,000 for the purchase of a building that will house both the tax office and early voting center in Copperas Cove.
The tax office, currently located at the Cove Terrace Shopping Center, will move into the former PenFed Credit Union at 809 South Main Street. During the meeting, the commissioners also approved a payment of $25,000 in earnest money to support the purchase of the property.
County Judge Roger Miller said during a regular commissioner’s court meeting on Nov. 12 that the $25,000 of earnest money toward the building has been paid. The county budgeted a total of $600,000 for the purchase of the building, which includes renovations of around $100,000.
Coryell County Tax Assessor Collector Justin Carothers said in an email that the move comes after finding out the county is losing the lease on the current tax office and early voting center. The early voting center will close in December, and the tax office lease will expire in February, according to the Copperas Cove Leader-Press.
In September, the county officially relocated the tax office and early voting center in Gatesville to the former Extraco Bank building at 800 E. Main Street, Suite B.
Carothers said the move-in date for the new building in Copperas Cove will be in spring 2025.
