Courthouse Campus Construction
Project 
All Offices formerly housed in the Courthouse
and Courthouse Annex have been relocated to the new Judicial Center.
This includes: General Sessions Criminal Court; Common PLeas Civil Court; Family Court; Probate Court;
Master-in-Equity;Drug Court;Solicitor; Solicitor's Pre-Trial Intervention; Clerk-of-Court; and Legislative Delegation Office.
The addition to the Administration Building also has been completed.
Now, the Auditor’s Office and Treasurer’s Office both are located on the first floor of the
administration building. Meeting rooms, including Council Chambers have relocated to the
second floor from the sixth floor, also for the convenience of the public.
Previous News Released
Concerning Judicial and Administrative
Campus Construction
Project
Illustrative
Drawing of New Courthouse
November
2002 News and Photos
GROUNDBREAKING
FOR NEW REGIONAL COMPLEX FOR SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT, MAGISTRATE AND FIRE
DISTRICT 
Tuesday, August 20 a groundbreaking ceremony was held for Lexington
County's "North Lake Service
Center" The center will be a
complex that will house offices for sheriff’s deputies, the Irmo-area
magistrate and firefighters with the Irmo Fire District.
The
groundbreaking ceremony was held at 10 a.m. on August 20 at the complex,
located on Lincreek Drive off S.C. 60 (Lake Murray Boulevard) between
the Lake Murray Dam and town of Irmo. Construction on the facility should
be completed in January 2003.
County
Council Chairman Bill Banning, Councilmen John W. Carrigg, Jr. and Johnny
W. Jeffcoat and Bruce Rucker joined Sheriff James R. Metts in breaking
ground for the complex, which will
replace the current one at 108 Harbison
Boulevard near Columbia. Lexington County Magistrate Llewellyn Hames,
Chief Magistrate Bruce Rutland and Commissioner Steve Mattison
also participated in the ceremony.
The
complex will be a full-service, public safety and criminal justice center
for the Irmo area. The facility will also house an EMS Substation. The
commander and assistant commander of 
the
Sheriff’s Department North Region Patrol District, which is based in
Irmo, will have offices in the building as well as detectives and other
Sheriff’s Department personnel who are assigned to the patrol district.
The magistrate assigned to the Irmo District will have an office in
the building, which also will contain a courtroom. In addition, the
property will include a fire station that will be used by the Irmo Fire
District.
Local
Industry Supports Elementary School
Inland
Paperboard and Packaging recently donated $3,000 through Inland
Foundation Inc., the company’s community grants organization, to Batesburg-Leesville
Elementary School.
Inland
Paperboard and Packaging, located at 129 Zenker Road, is a national
producer of paperboard boxes and has been in Lexington County since
1971. They employ 164 people at their facility and feel it appropriate
to be civically involved in Batesburg-Leesville since a high percentage
of their workforce comes from that area. The company has historically
supported education and wanted to give back to the community.
Johnny
Jeffcoat, chairman of the Lexington County Council Economic Development
Committee, recently thanked Inland for their donation, stating, “It
is always gratifying to see local business and industry participate
in the education of our future workforce through partnerships and support
of the local schools. Inland’s
generosity is reflective of decades of commitment to their employees
and the communities in which they live.
We’re pleased to have corporate citizens like Inland in our County”
.
