Work crews have spent the better part of two months in the century-old State Street building performing restoration and repair work. Otis Elevator is working to rehabilitate a broken elevator, while separate crews are restoring historical areas of the third and first floors. Skilled tradesmen and construction companies are exempt from the governor’s executive order requiring the closure of nonessential businesses to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Valley Restoration was contracted for the work on the third floor and partnered with plaster and painting experts John Canning Company for repair of damaged and deteriorating plaster in the Council Chambers, chamber lobby, anteroom adjacent to Council Chambers and a council office. The City Council in 2015 authorized $3 million toward City Hall restorations, though an initial estimate proved to be too costly for all the work to be completed at the same time, as was planned. The city has since been chipping away at different projects.
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