It's 10 o'clock, do you know where your mayor is?

If it's Lewes, Amy Marasco could be in her new office, a few blocks from city hall.

Marasco transitioned to a space in the Net House Aug. 26. The Net House is a city-owned building at 211 Front St. overlooking Canalfront Park.

The mayor's desk sits just inside the door. The room also has a long conference table and two couches.

Marasco said the move is temporary and was done out of necessity because of cramped quarters in city hall at 114 E. Third St. 

She said she had been scheduling meetings at her house or local restaurants.

"Mayor [Jim] Ford and Mayor [Ted] Becker had offices [in city hall]. Andrew Williams chose not to," Marasco said. "When I became mayor, rather than rock the boat, I wanted to see if I needed an office. After a year, the answer is yes. I don't want the public to think I left because of a negative environment or that I've been banished."

Marasco said City Manager Ellen Lorraine McCabe now occupies the former mayor's office. 

The mayor's concept of providing a more accessible space to meet with citizens seemed to be working.

Right after her interview, she welcomed a resident who wanted to express concerns over the recently installed stops signs on Cedar Street.

She said city staff will come to her office when needed, or she will go to city hall to meet with them.

Marasco said her move did not require any taxpayer money.

Mayor and city council approved $10,000 for Net House IT improvements in the current Fiscal Year 2027 budget. Marasco said that will also include security upgrades for the building.

She said there is a small amount of money committed to upgrade the Finance Department offices at city hall.

But, she said, any major renovations will require a longer process.

"It will have to go in front of the finance committee and the budget process next year," she said. "I don't know for next year if we rethink this space and create some offices here."

The city's dockmaster also has her office in the Net House.

The building has been used for various civic group meetings and for weekly Coffee With Council sessions. Marasco said those gatherings will continue and that she will work around the meeting calendar.

While the mayor said her relocation is temporary, she said the city is searching its archives for photos, maps and artwork to spruce up her new office.

Marasco said her preference is to return the mayor's office to city hall, possibly as part of a much larger renovation.

"The lobby is going to be an office, she said. "We're going to look at council chambers to the see if that becomes offices and maybe the dais moves to the Rollins Center."

Mayor and city council has discussed improvements to the Net House and city hall renovations as solutions for much-needed work space.

They have also considered adding a second floor to the beach patrol building at Savannah Beach.

The city continues to look at the former Army Reserve Center on Savannah Road as a possible site for a new municipal complex.