After years of studies and legal efforts to block the project, the city of Prairie Village is kicking off construction on its new municipal complex later this year.
Following an early December decision to push the issuance of bonds forward for the $30 million city hall and police department project, Prairie Village is now looking to start asbestos remediation and demolition of the church building at 7820 Mission Road this spring.
That building, which currently houses the Mission Road Bible Church, is set to become the new city hall.
The current city hall at 7700 Mission Road and the connected police department will be renovated for a new, expanded police station and municipal court facility.
This comes after a Prairie Village city council election that hinged on whether the city should issue bonds to cover the cost of the project. Prairie Village voters supported taking out debt for the investment by electing all six city council candidates who back the project.
How we got here
The city began studying its current municipal facilities years ago, and those studies showed a need to address overcrowded and aging buildings.
After years of public discussions, the Prairie Village City Council voted 9-2 in June 2025 to authorize the city hall and police department project to move forward.
Soon after that vote, a Prairie Village resident filed lawsuits to block the project without a public vote on the bond issuances.
On the eve of the critical city council election, a federal judge dismissed that resident’s lawsuit. That resident has since filed a notice of appeal, though the city had already voted to issue bonds by the time that notice of appeal was filed.
A look at the project
The $30 million project covers the cost of purchasing the church property, building a new city hall and renovating the city’s existing facilities for the police department and municipal court.
The cost breakdown is as follows:
- $4.5 million to buy the church property
- $2.9 million to demolish the church property and prepare the site for new construction
- $15.5 million to build a new city hall
- $1.5 million for site work at the existing police department
- $3 million to renovate the police department
- $2.6 million to renovate the existing city hall and remake it into a municipal court building
A new council chambers, art corridor, wellness and conference rooms, and office space are all part of the plans for the new city hall building.
With the renovation of the existing city hall facility, the police department and municipal court staff can physically expand. This makes room for a dedicated property room, Ian outside office for the K9 unit, new interview rooms and more.
Asbestos remediation, demo prep planned for spring
Jason Hannaman, the city’s finance director, told the city council earlier this month that the city issued bonds in the amount of $25.6 million following the city council’s early December vote.
On Jan. 5, Hannaman shared the following timeline with the city council:
- McCown Gordon, the city’s construction manager at-risk on the project, sent out a final bid to subcontractors on Jan. 6.
- Earlier this week, the city planned to host a pre-bid meeting with all the bidders on side.
- At the March 2 city council meeting, city staff plans to bring a guaranteed maximum price construction contract and an updated timeline to the city council.
- On April 1, the city will take possession of 7820 Mission Road, at which point the contractor will begin asbestos remediation and prepare the building for demolition.
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