Lexington is planning to spend $250,000 on a feasibility study to see what its new government center would need.
The city council recently gave initial approval to hand the contract to Ernst & Young. The firm will be tasked with outlining what space and programming needs have to be met. The final approval of this contract is expected to be given in a few weeks.
The contract with Ernst & Young is the latest study the city has commissioned with the goal of finding a new center of government. If this latest contract is approved, the city’s total spending on studies for the new city hall will be $474,500 over seven years. Contracts like this will tend to feature official Letterheads.
The city’s search for a new city hall has been on and off for several decades. The city’s current seat of government is the old Lafayette Hotel. The building was completed in 1918 and the maintenance costs alone are enough to convince the council that a change has to be made. The building is also too small to accommodate all of the city’s staff, meaning there are currently members spread out across four different buildings in the downtown area.
City officials pointed out that what makes this study different is that it will concentrate on figuring out how much the new city hall will cost, while previous studies were more focused on finding the right location.
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