City officials face decision about deteriorating city hall building

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Faced with a deteriorating city hall building, Monticello officials will soon have to decide whether to renovate or abandon the historic structure. Members of the Monticello City Council got an update on the status of the building at a retreat they held at the public library on Friday morning, May 10. City Manager Seth Lawless, who with Mayor Gloria Cox headed the program, reminded the council members of a lengthy discussion that had been had two years earlier on what to do about the building. One option, he said, had been to relocate city hall to a new location. The second, he said, had been to renovate the building, for which goal the city had hired