Jan. 2023 | Vol. 33 Iss. 01
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MURRAY 2023: A NEW ERA By Shaun Delliskave | s.delliskave@mycityjournals.com
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ew buildings, different faces, and freshly moved-in residents will mark a new era for Murray in 2023. After years of planning and construction, a new city hall, museum, and possibly a performing arts venue will open. In addition, there will be a new face on the city council and a new department within the city government. Murray residents will have new businesses to choose from again after a growth hiatus due to the pandemic. After many contentious debates, major residential housing developments will welcome dwellers to their new homes. However, city officials say that Murray residents may now have to grapple with new water and electricity requirements. City hall construction will be completed in March 2023. The city will then need to outfit the new edifice with furniture and IT equipment. If all goes as planned, the public will be invited to tour the new facility by the end of April, and a ribbon-cutting will likely happen in May. While most of the city hall complex will be xeriscaped, crews will still lay some areas of sod, even in December. Due to winter’s onset, the city has postponed some landscaping projects since sensitive trees and plants will not survive the cold. Murray City Chief Administrative Officer Doug Hill said, “The police side of the building is a little bit behind. They’re still putting up
Brassy metal sheeting encompasses the new city council chamber. The new city hall will open for business this spring. (Shaun Delliskave/City Journals)
sheetrock, installing tile, and things like that… for the most part, it is really close to being done on the inside.” As city hall’s most prominent tenant, the Murray Police Department will take up the entire west wing. Most officers will have their
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own space within the department. The new building boasts an extensive evidence storage area, upgraded technology and a new gymnasium, which will be open to all city employees. “The biggest change is that we’re moving the Community and Economic Development
Department into city hall. Right now, it’s all housed at the Public Works building, so all of the business licenses, building permits, zoning staff, and the planning staff are all going to Continued page 10
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