After over a year of discussion, changes and construction, the Innsbrook Board of Trustees held their first meeting at the new village hall on Aug. 12.
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After over a year of discussion, changes and construction, the Innsbrook Board of Trustees held their first meeting at the new village hall on Aug. 12.
The roughly $1.2 million project was officially completed last month, although Board Chairman Cynthia Bowers said there was still some work remaining including the installation of a security system, landscaping and janitorial services.
At the Aug. 12 meeting, she directed trustees Linda Buschman and Mike Caton to work on contacting vendors and drafting an RFP for security systems and asked trustees Donna West and Alice Jensen to do the same with landscaping contractors.
“We would put four external cameras outside the building and two internal cameras inside the building, just to make sure that our building is secure,” said Bowers.
She said they had received some recommendations from NOC Technology, the village’s IT provider, and wanted to have an RFP prepared for their October meeting.
Bowers said Hankins Construction, the contractor who built the village hall, would be returning some time in September to do some grading and seeding work at the site but there was additional work to be done.
“I would say maybe some shrubs, maybe just minimal rocks around the building to minimize insects and other things from getting in,” said Bowers. “We need to get a vendor to do grass cutting and I think we need to get a vendor to do snow removal.”
Caton also noted they should consider a contract for janitorial services in the new village hall.
“I don’t know that our current staff should be tasked with cleaning this building,” said Caton.
Bowers agreed, and said they would pursue that contract in the near future, but that she felt security measures were a higher priority at this time.
Bowers also provided a cost breakdown of the village hall project at the meeting. In total, including land acquisition, engineering and construction costs, the village spent $1,165,550 on the new building.
The village spent $45,000 to purchase the land for the building in 2021. In addition, roughly $114,000 was sent to Cochran Engineering for their services on the project.
Hankins Construction was paid just over $1 million for their services, including just over $870,000 on their original contract and an additional $135,000 in change orders.
The project was paid for with the village’s roughly $100,000 in ARPA funds, $813,707 from village reserves and $250,000 from a lease agreement the board signed at their March 12 meeting.
The board is directing roughly $45,000 towards the principal on that agreement in 2026 with an additional roughly $13,500 going towards the interest.
Bowers also outlined the remaining pay schedule, with the village spending $47,157 on principal and $11,048 on interest in 2027, $49,682 and $8,253 in 2028, $52,390 and $5,815 in 2029 and $55,221 and $2,984 in 2030.
Overall Bowers was pleased with the results of the project and commended the efforts of previous boards on its completion.
“We all benefit from everyone’s hard work and efforts to be in this beautiful building, and it will create a new opportunity for the village to be a little bit more welcoming to our residents,” said Bowers.
