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Leon Valley council delays decision on deteriorating library annex after staff details damage and costs
Summary
Councilors heard that the library annex is age-worn, not ADA-compliant and has a leaking roof; repair quotes ranged from about $6,500 to $8,700 while demolition and a prefab replacement were estimated roughly near $300,000. The council voted to postpone a decision to Nov. 18 to review capital-plan materials and friends-of-the-library input.
The Leon Valley City Council on Tuesday postponed a decision on what to do with the library annex after a staff presentation laid out extensive structural and accessibility problems and a wide range of repair and replacement costs.
Melinda Mortz, the city's public works director, told the council the annex sustained storm and hail damage and that an interior ceiling had collapsed, prompting an inspection. "The lowest quote we got for the roof was 6,500," Mortz said, and she described a mid-range…
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