Thursday, May 2, 2024
The new drive-up window for the Tax Assessor-Collector’s office that was approved by the Hood County Commissioners Court a year ago is set to open on Monday, June 26, according to Tax Assessor-Collector Andrea Ferguson.
The drive-through lane will be between Annex 1 and Annex 3. Services offered at the window will be vehicle registrations and replacements as well as handicap placards.
The Tax Assessor-Collector’s office is at Annex 1, 1401 W. Pearl St., where early voting takes place. Annex 3 is at 1414 W. Pearl St.
Ferguson said that patrons will pull into the parking lot from Deputy Larry Miller Drive and route between the two buildings where the drive-up window has been installed at Annex 3. After leaving the window, they will pull out in front of Annex 3.
A covering for the window to protect against inclement weather has not yet been installed, but Ferguson said she hopes to have it in place before June 26. She said the drive-up window will open on that day, regardless.
The window will be open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., with a one-hour lunch break between noon and 1 p.m.
Ferguson expressed appreciation that her request for a drive-up window was granted.
“We are super excited, because it’s going to help the county, since we’re a retirement community,” she said. “Also, it’s going to help mothers with five children. They don’t want to get out of a car. And (it will) help with the overflow in our office.”
She continued, “One of the main reasons I decided to try to pull for this is when you see our community, our citizens, come in with wheelchairs or canes, and it’s pouring down rain... It just really got to me.”
Ferguson added a special thanks to the county’s IT department and maintenance department.
“Those gentlemen worked so hard to help us get it completed, and I appreciate everything they did to help us get it done,” she said.
