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Council approves amended agreement to use school board chambers while City Hall is restored; return to city hall targeted for July
Summary
Council approved a first amendment to the intergovernmental agreement with the Savannah–Chatham Board of Education to continue using board meeting space during an extensive City Hall restoration; staff said council chambers should be ready before the building's front entrance work is complete and projected a July return to City Hall.
Savannah City Council voted Thursday to amend an intergovernmental agreement with the Savannah–Chatham Board of Education to continue using the board’s meeting space while City Hall undergoes a multi-phase restoration.
City staff described the restoration as one of the most extensive in the building’s 119-year history and said work is being done in two phases. Phase 1 — restoration of council chambers, the Council Media Room and first-floor municipal archives — is nearing completion, officials said. Phase 2, which began recently, focuses on the lobby, the city clerk’s office expansion and a new security entrance.
Council members thanked the Board of Education for hosting meetings and agreed to schedule hard-hat tours for council to view progress in the renovated spaces. City staff said they expect to return to City Hall by July 2025 but cautioned that restoration projects can have unpredictable schedules.
Alderman Curtis Perti recused himself from the vote due to work-related reasons; the amendment passed on the record as 8–0. Council members said the updated chambers will include modern dais technology and an interpretive municipal archive for public access.
City staff said the project funding includes SPLOST dollars and that an open house is planned when the restoration is completed so the public can tour the renovated spaces.
