Public urges council to consider repurposing old city hall; Public Properties committee to decide

Mike Mullins read a letter to the Georgetown City Council urging reconsideration of plans for the old city hall building and asking the council to preserve or repurpose the structure. William Schlunaker, representing the GRF Men’s Club, told the council the club might be interested in using the building as a headquarters if the group’s 501(c)(3) conversion is completed.

Mayor Darin Readnour said the city’s current plan had been to tear the building down because it has “a lot of issues,” and that the city is using the structure for storage in the meantime. He also said the city can donate the building to a nonprofit if the council decides to do so and directed that the Public Properties committee meet to examine options.

Why it matters: the decision affects a municipally owned building and potential nonprofit re-use, and any donation or sale would require public discussion and committee recommendation. The mayor scheduled the Public Properties committee to meet on March 19 to review plans and provide the council guidance.

What’s next: the council formally referred the matter to the Public Properties committee for study; no final disposition was approved at the March 16 meeting.