Past administrations and councils have spent decades trying to shift city operations out of the former Lafayette Hotel, which was never meant to serve as the permanent city hall.
In the meantime, the city has built up a backlog of bills.
“There is a substantial amount of deferred maintenance, over $55 million dollars. The city has put in millions of dollars every year on refurbishing this building, which is largely in disrepair,” said Richard Young with CivicLex…