City Hall was opened in July of 1958. The total cost to construct the original City Hall was $277,373.00. The original City Hall housed City Council Chambers, Administration Offices, the Engineering Department and the Police Department. Previous to the construction of City Hall, the property housed a Community Hall. This building was used for a variety of purposes such as a movie theatre, basketball court, boxing area, beer garden, boarding house, public library, American Legion quarters and a theatrical group known as the Port Players.

Plans to renovate the City Hall Building were informally discussed when the Police Department building was constructed in 1995. The idea was to more efficiently use the office space on the first floor and create new offices in the basement area. Construction bids were approved by the City Council August 7, 2001. Construction formally began in September.

Renovation took approximately nine months to complete. The renovation project was completed in May of 2002 and the first City Council Meeting held in the renovated Council Chambers was May 21, 2002.

The total cost to renovate City Hall was $1,636,093.00. The breakdown of the renovation costs are as follows:

Construction: $1,414,704.00
Furniture:       $     87,783.00
Architectural: $   133,606.00
TOTAL        $1,636,093.00

The architect for the renovation project was Bonestroo, Rosene, Anderlik & Associates, Mequon, Wisconsin. The general contractor and sub-contractors were as follows:

• General Contractor: WB Corp., West Bend, WI
• Electric: K. W. Electric, Inc., Plymouth, WI
• HVAC: J & H Heating, Inc., Port Washington, WI
• Plumbing: Haucke Plumbing & Heating, LLC, Plymouth, WI
• Furniture: CJ & Associates, Inc., New Berlin, WI

Now completed the renovated City Hall houses new City Council Chambers and Administrative Offices on the first floor that includes the Mayor, City Administrator, and City Treasurer’s Offices. The lower level has new offices for the City Engineer, Director of Planning and Director of Building Inspections. A new conference room was also constructed in the lower level.

Mayor Paul Schmit

• Wallace Krier

• Frank Meyer

• George Schultz

• Fred Schmidt

• Peter Morauski

• Lester Even

• Ron Voigt

• Harold Matthews

• Armin Schwanz

• Burt Babcock

• Tom Hudson

• Peter Jushka

• Karl Leicht