It seems the party’s involved have agreed on making the former Evans Public Library building into a Telecommunications Center for the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office and the Vandalia Police Department. Now, it’s time to get official approval.
A meeting was held on Monday to further discuss the process. As has been discussed in the past, the City of Vandalia would purchase the former library building for $225,000 from the Evans Public Library Board. And, then the City would lease the building to the 911 Committee. There was some discussion on Monday about the building and some concerns. One issue mentioned was the HVAC system for the building. Jessica Blain of the Evans Public Library says the system is just a handful of years old. It is a chiller/boiler system and she says it just takes 1 to 1 1/2 hours to transfer from heat to cool. Mayor Rick Gottman did say the floor has asbestos and would cost $50,000 to remove. But, Gottman did mention the carpet could be taken up without disturbing the asbestos.
The next steps for the committee is to get agreements in place to move forward. City of Vandalia Attorney Ryan Connor says he will get an agreement to the Library Board by August 30th and then for them to get it back to Connor by September 6th and potentially approve at their September 10th meeting. The City of Vandalia and Fayette County Board will also need an agreement and it is hopeful that would be ready for the County Board’s September 10th meeting. The City and 911 Board need to agree on the lease agreement and it is hopeful that can be available for the 911 Committee meeting for their September 12th meeting. And, then it could all potentially be wrapped up at the Vandalia City Council meeting on September 16th.
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