Village of Great Neck trustees approved a resolution Tuesday authorizing them to bond the cost of replacing Village Hall – if they choose.
Village Clerk and Treasurer Joe Gill said the resolution does not obligate the village to bond the cost of the project just to have the option.
Gil said the next step is for the architects, H2M architects + engineers, to do what they call “programming,” which includes interviewing village staff.
“They’ve come in and interviewed different departments for what they believe their needs are,” Gil said. “The next step is for them to come back with a design sample.”
Gil said he is not sure when the architects will have a design sample, as the village is still negotiating a contract with them.
“Everything is still in the information gathering stage,” Gil said. “I think we’ll meet with them again before they bring us any kind of renderings.”
Village trustees selected H2M to do the preliminary architectural and engineering work for the proposed new Village Hall and Department of Public Works facility earlier this month. The new hall and facility will be located at 265 East Shore Road.
The work H2M was hired to do includes preliminary design and engineering, but not the construction. The price for the preliminary work is $508,000, but trustees said it is still too early to determine the final cost of the actual facility.
