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Ameren Illnois’ lease at the city of Danville Public Works facility on Voorhees Street ends Monday. File photo

Ameren Illnois’ lease at the city of Danville Public Works facility on Voorhees Street ends Monday. File photo

DANVILLE — Ameren Illinois’ lease with the city of Danville for space at the city’s public works site on Voorhees Street expires Monday, and discussions will start again about what the city will do with that extra service building space.

Danville Public Works Director Carl Carpenter told the Danville City Council’s Public Works Committee Tuesday night that Ameren has largely been out of the building, having moved to Tilton, but some utility poles, transformers and a couple trucks remain to be removed.

They will be doing a final walk-through, Carpenter said.

Past discussions and a study had looked at moving city hall to Voorhees Street. The city also has been using the space for Toter storage.

Also, Carpenter said police department mechanic Jeff Nicoson is retiring at the end of May after about 44 years in that position. The city is advertising for a new mechanic, and city officials are talking with the Danville Public Building Commission about updating and possibly adding an addition onto the vehicle maintenance building to bring it up to code.

Carpenter also told the committee yard waste season has started and the city is picking up bags and Toters. Collections will move to Toters only in May.

“It’s moving along really well,” Carpenter said.

City Engineer Sam Cole also told the committee that the city has received federal funds for the replacement of the East Voorhees bridge over Lick Creek and has applied for additional funding for replacing the Voorhees Street bridge over the east fork of Lick Creek, which is closer to ThyssenKrupp and the curve. Public comments will be taken soon on those bridge projects.

The committee also heard from the Three Kings of Peace’s Rev. Frank McCullough about moving forward with an engineer on their plans to have a mentoring center in the former Steel Grip building. The group is still hoping for some coronavirus pandemic funding from the city for the project.

In other business, the committee recommended approving (with full city council action expected next week):

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