Purdy moves forward on new city hall remodel
The former site of the library and community center in Purdy will soon be the new site of Purdy’s city hall. The city moved to remodel the building located in front of Purdy R-II Schools on Highway C.
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November 27, 2019
Vinnie Roberts
At a city council meeting on Monday, November 18, Purdy’s board of alderman unanimously approved a bid for a full remodel on the building that once served as the Purdy Library and Community Center. This approval cements the long-expected move of Purdy’s City Hall from its current location to the remodelled building.
The accepted bid came from JDS Construction, of Exeter, in the amount of $52,610.42. According to Purdy mayor Bo Prock, the company will be doing a variety of improvements to the former library.
“We’re going to change the library portion of it just a little bit,” explained Prock. “There’s going to be a wall added on to it, and we’re going to put a conference room in the back of that.”
Prock explained that the division of the structure will remain the same, with the two sides of the building serving a variety of purposes.
“The front side will be normal city hall operations, where they’ll take bills and things like that,” said Prock. “In what used to be the community center, we’re going to renovate it to become the new council chamber, and then behind that, we’re going to build a wall to make a seperate police office.”
According to Prock, the new police office will feature separate offices for both currently serving Purdy officers. There will also be an additional third room, for the purpose of speaking with witnesses and suspects.
Purdy city clerk Debbie Redshaw confirmed that the council chamber portion of the building will be used for Purdy’s municipal court sessions.
The interior of the building will receive some cosmetic upgrades in the remodel.
“We’re going to have them tear down most of the paneling in there,” Prock continued. “It’s all wood paneling in there right now. We’re going to have them take that down and put up some sheetrock.”
JDS Construction will also do a partial remodel of the floors.
“There will be new floor in the city hall side,” explained Prock. “We’re going to try and save a little money by keeping the current flooring in what will be the council and police office side.”
At that same meeting, the council received a separate set of bids for the new heating and air system planned in the new city hall. However, final decisions on these bids were tabled by the council until a later date, so as to empower the council to seek further information.
“We felt that we needed to get some more quotes to entertain on that,” Prock explained. “Basically, I think that we’re making sure that we’re comparing apples to apples on that. Heating and air is something that nobody on the council has much experience in. There’s a wide gap of cost between the bids that we do have, and we want to make sure that the people that are bidding are getting everything in there that we need.”
For any questions on Purdy’s new City Hall building or on any other relevant questions, contact Purdy City Hall at (417) 442-3273.
Vinnie Roberts
At a city council meeting on Monday, November 18, Purdy’s board of alderman unanimously approved a bid for a full remodel on the building that once served as the Purdy Library and Community Center. This approval cements the long-expected move of Purdy’s City Hall from its current location to the remodelled building.
The accepted bid came from JDS Construction, of Exeter, in the amount of $52,610.42. According to Purdy mayor Bo Prock, the company will be doing a variety of improvements to the former library.
“We’re going to change the library portion of it just a little bit,” explained Prock. “There’s going to be a wall added on to it, and we’re going to put a conference room in the back of that.”
Prock explained that the division of the structure will remain the same, with the two sides of the building serving a variety of purposes.
“The front side will be normal city hall operations, where they’ll take bills and things like that,” said Prock. “In what used to be the community center, we’re going to renovate it to become the new council chamber, and then behind that, we’re going to build a wall to make a seperate police office.”
According to Prock, the new police office will feature separate offices for both currently serving Purdy officers. There will also be an additional third room, for the purpose of speaking with witnesses and suspects.
Purdy city clerk Debbie Redshaw confirmed that the council chamber portion of the building will be used for Purdy’s municipal court sessions.
The interior of the building will receive some cosmetic upgrades in the remodel.
“We’re going to have them tear down most of the paneling in there,” Prock continued. “It’s all wood paneling in there right now. We’re going to have them take that down and put up some sheetrock.”
JDS Construction will also do a partial remodel of the floors.
“There will be new floor in the city hall side,” explained Prock. “We’re going to try and save a little money by keeping the current flooring in what will be the council and police office side.”
At that same meeting, the council received a separate set of bids for the new heating and air system planned in the new city hall. However, final decisions on these bids were tabled by the council until a later date, so as to empower the council to seek further information.
“We felt that we needed to get some more quotes to entertain on that,” Prock explained. “Basically, I think that we’re making sure that we’re comparing apples to apples on that. Heating and air is something that nobody on the council has much experience in. There’s a wide gap of cost between the bids that we do have, and we want to make sure that the people that are bidding are getting everything in there that we need.”
For any questions on Purdy’s new City Hall building or on any other relevant questions, contact Purdy City Hall at (417) 442-3273.