The city has been in conversations with the owner of the former Citizens Bank corporate offices at 225-243 Main St., on the corner of College Street. It is being considered as a “potentially workable site” for a new municipal complex, Mayor Ben Florsheim said at the June 5 Common Council meeting. The Russell Library/City Hall Feasibility Study Committee also is exploring options for the library’s aging 123 Broad St. location, one block up from Main Street. The library is comprised of a number of old structures dating back some 150 years and has far outgrown its space. In addition, there have been a great deal of structural and mechanical issues plaguing the facility. An assessment conducted a few years ago determined the current structure “isn’t functioning well as a 21st century library for us now — and it won’t be going forward,: Burkey said. “It’s time to make those plans and have the conversations and see what resources are out there.”
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