Lexington Council will begin the new year this with trying to finance a new city hall. The Lexington-Fayette County Council will have to determine location of the town hall, how to fund the project, and what city offices are needed.
Vice Mayor Steve Kay says the council plans to move forward on these issues before they can consider any proposals. Subgroups will discuss over the summer. The vice mayor said they would try to move quickly and still take the time to do a good job
Mayor Linda Gordon has said earlier this year that the budget did not have any funds for a city hall in its financial plan. Chief Administrative Officer Sally Hamilton advised the council not to proceed until the budget is approved in April.
Council members agreed that a new government center is needed. The city’s five downtown buildings including the former Lafayette Hotel on Main Street are continuing to age. Lexington has printing services that can design Corporate Gifts for fundraising project like this.
For several years the city’s council has considered moving to a new location and combining department in the fall the Lexington Council developed a partnership between public and private enterprise. They planned to move the work to the Lexington Herald-Leader Building. The deal was for the city to pay $5.1 million for 35 years and they would the city hall building after the lease was up.
It was voted down because members did not like the location or the partnership.
Councilman Fred Brown says they should access the worth of some of the older buildings like the main government, center, police station, city clerk’s office, and the Phoenix. The city can put these buildings up for sale to pay for new buildings.
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