County Treasurer’s Office will open Sept. 3 at former bank site on Main Street

Photos by Tom Rivers

ALBION – The Orleans County Treasurer’s Office will soon be moving into the former Bank of America site at 156 S. Main St.

County Treasurer Kim DeFrank expects the office will be moved over and ready to serve the public on Sept. 3, just in time to collect school taxes for the Albion, Lyndonville and Medina school districts.

The Orleans County Legislature last September voted to pay $250,000 to buy the former bank site, which has been vacant since the bank closed on Aug. 15, 2017.

The bank site offers a drive-through and no front stairs, making for much easier accessibility for the public, DeFrank said.

“The drive-through is fully functional,” she said. “People won’t even have to get out of their car.”

The current treasurer’s office is in Central Hall at 34 East Park St. DeFrank said that historic building can be difficult for the public to use. Parking is in back of the building, and the handicapped accessibility ramp is on the back side of the building.

Central Hall was built in 1882 and was a school until 1934. It was the home to the Sheret Post #35 American Legion from 1935 until the county acquired it in 1980. The site has been used for the treasurer’s office, probation, computer services and historian. Currently, only the treasurer’s officer and historian’s office are using the building.

The red-brick building needs repointing and estimates have topped $100,000, DeFrank said.

The county didn’t have to do too much to get the bank site ready for the treasurer’s office. A fence was installed on the side and back, a new HVAC system was put in, as well as some carpet and flooring. Two offices also were built out by the county Department of Public Works.

The furniture from the current treasurer’s office and the front counter will be moved over next week.