Post Falls City Hall to undergo remodel
DEVIN WEEKS | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 2 years, 1 month AGO
Post Falls City Hall will undergo remodel work this summer and fall to add administrative and legal workspaces, complete security-related modifications, make minor changes to the city council chambers, improve acoustics in the rotunda and plan for expansion in community development.
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Devin Weeks is a third-generation North Idaho resident. She holds an associate degree in journalism from North Idaho College and a bachelor's in communication arts from Lewis-Clark State College Coeur d'Alene. Devin embarked on her journalism career at the Coeur d'Alene Press in 2013. She worked weekends for several years, covering a wide variety of events and issues throughout Kootenai County. Devin now mainly covers K-12 education and the city of Post Falls. She enjoys delivering daily chuckles through the Ghastly Groaner and loves highlighting local people in the Fast Five segment that runs in CoeurVoice. Devin lives in Post Falls with her husband and their three eccentric and very needy cats. | March 29, 2023 1:00 AM
POST FALLS — Remodel work at Post Falls City Hall is expected to take place this summer and fall.
Post Falls City Council members at their March 21 meeting unanimously approved a $70,270 professional services agreement with Spokane-based Bernardo Wills Architects.
The project will include adding administrative and legal workspaces, completing security-related modifications such as doors and access control, minor modifications to City Council chambers, future plans for expansion in community development and options to improve acoustics in the rotunda.
Post Falls City Hall is about 15 years old. The rotunda was constructed in 2009 and has not been remodeled.
Public Works Director John Beacham said most visitors will not notice major changes to City Hall.
"The modifications to the council chamber will allow speakers to present to the City Council more easily, so that may feel different to presenters but will not be a major change to the chamber itself," he said.
In 2021, city staff completed a facilities needs assessment, which identified projects to accommodate staffing in the future.
"With this project, we’re taking a small step in implementing the recommendations of that planning effort," Beacham said.
Funding for the project will come from the city's facilities account.
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