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Show ; &CUS; Council funds building addition After months of discussion, the Pleasant Grove City Council decided Tuesday night to proceed with plans to add on to the present Public Safety Building to make room for city offices. The city has outgrown the present city hall, according to the city officials of-ficials and something needs to be done. The present office area does not provide enough space for the employees to work and they are all bunched together in the same office making it difficult to concentrate on their work. The council had considered remodeling the present city hall, , moving to the basement of the Public Safety Building, or building a new city hall which would include a library. The city council felt that the expenditure ex-penditure of capital improvement money which they have on hand to build on to the present Public Safety Building was the most feasible option and would not necessitate an ("IKS, increase in taxes nor bonding. N. They plan to build a 3,100 square foot addition which would allow for future growth, partitioned offices, a drive-up payment window, and handicapped facilities would be j included. , Pn. The mayor said that if they couM 1 1 begin work soon then they coulj 1 perhaps be in the building by about November. . 1 The government will require I I handicapped facilities in all P 1 I buildings by 1986 and it vvou 1 1 require major renovations to duib I these facilities at the old city hall. In addition, the council said W 5 felt guilty asking other businesses" I i keep their buildings up to code w 4 the city hall does not meet cooe, i either. Ihf ' The addition will be built on w north side of the Public Saw Building. , lh, fK If the addition can be built for I S amount set aside, the council . give its go ahead to proceed. |