After a summer of humid air and warped carpets in Springfield’s Historic City Hall off Boonville Avenue, city officials announced Wednesday that improvements are coming.
Meetings of City Council and the Planning & Zoning Commission will move to the Springfield Regional Police-Fire Training Center on West Battlefield. Historic City Hall, built in 1891 as a federal post office, is being renovated over the next few years.
Council’s first meeting at the police-fire center will be October 2nd. P & Z will have its first meeting there on October 5th. Both meetings are set for 6:30 p.m.
The City will continue live-streaming video of the meetings online, as it has in recent years.
Planned renovations to City Hall include a new fire stairwell and elevator; upgrades to mechanical, electrical, computer and security; along with new restrooms, offices and council chambers.
The cost is roughly $6.3 million, funded by the Springfield level property tax voters approved back in 2017.
