Oswego trustees direct staff to pursue $25 million Public Works renovation (Option A) with key alternates

Village staff and outside consultants presented two concept designs and budgets for an expanded Oswego Public Works facility and trustees provided direction to proceed with the lower-cost, phased Option A while seeking to include two prioritized alternates.

Steve (village staff member) opened the presentation by describing two options, labeled A and B, that respond to a space-needs study the village received last fall. Option A, with a total project budget presented at about $25,000,000, would renovate the existing public works building and add a smaller new garage and administration wing; Option B would build a larger new facility with a total budget close to $41,000,000. Steve described funding options including general fund reserves, prior-year surplus and water/capital funds and said the team would pursue grants or bonds as needed.

Andy Dogen, principal in charge and chief operating officer of Williams Architects, said the existing building "still has good bones" and that Option A is designed to reuse and remodel existing space while adding a vehicle-storage garage sized for…