JAY – Shades of sage green and tan bring warmth to the interior walls of the new town offices, which are scheduled to open next month in the former Jay Family Restaurant on Route 4.

“I love all the glass, it’s light and airy,” Town Manager Ruth Marden said as she gave a tour recently. “The Building Committee did an absolutely fantastic job.”

Lots of storage and glass windows looking into the interior hallway from other offices are among features the highlighting the new space.

The $1 million project will be substantially done by Sunday, June 1, with targeted moving days beginning the week of June 9. The current town office is scheduled to be closed Tuesday, June 10, for the election and then June 12, 13, June 16 and 17, for the town office move.

Tan colored walls greet the public entering through the main door. On the wall of the entry way, the town’s framed charter will hang. It was given to Jay forefathers by Massachusetts state officials when the town incorporated, Marden said. Maine was part of the Bay State centuries ago.

Past the entry way is a counter where residents and others will stop to do business. Beyond the counter, the office staff desks will be located and behind them is the historical data storage room.

After business hours, metal doors will close off the offices but still allow visitors access to a large open space for public boards.

Mobile shelving in the environmental code enforcement officer allows all Planning Board and permit records to be stored in one spot.

The police station side of the building is painted in an off-white shade throughout the interior. Visitors will be met by secretary Donna Ladd, located behind a glass-windowed office. Visitors will have to be let into the police station if they need to see the chief or officers.

There is victim and suspect interview rooms, sergeant and detective office, chief’s office, locker room, shower, break and training room and patrol personnel area where desks will be set up.

In that area hooked to one free-standing support post is a handcuff detaining ring. A suspect in custody in handcuffs may find themselves attached temporarily to the ring at one time or another.

Outside, a highway crew worked to get a large rock out from under the driveway to prepare for drainage work and paving.

“The highway department has been wonderful,” Marden said. Foreman John Johnson and his crew “have worked so hard for us trying to save the town funds by doing landscaping, moving things,” she said, “I just can’t say enough. They’ve been great. I mean it.”

Resident Al Landry said at a recent selectmen’s meeting that he volunteered to help with the move to the new town office and encouraged others to do the same.