Casey Moves Forward with City Hall Office Remodel for Enhanced Safety

Casey City Council Meeting | October 20, 2025

Article Summary: The Casey City Council is advancing a project to remodel the main offices at City Hall to improve employee safety and security. The city’s new Director of Public Works, Ryan Staley, has been tasked with creating official CAD drawings so the project can be put out for bid.

City Hall Remodel Key Points:

• The remodel will focus on the collectors’ offices to improve security and prevent individuals from approaching staff unexpectedly.

• The project, which has been under discussion for nearly two years, is being prioritized for safety reasons.

• A committee hopes to have the official designs completed in time for the council’s next meeting on November 3.

The Casey City Council on Monday, October 20, 2025, directed its new Director of Public Works to begin drafting formal plans for a long-discussed remodel of the City Hall offices.

Reporting from a recent City Hall committee meeting, Alderman Jeremiah Hanley stated the primary motivation for the project is to enhance safety for city staff. “The main thing is for safety. There’s not much safety there for them,” Hanley said, noting that the current layout of the collectors’ offices allows people to “sneak up behind them.”

The remodel has been a topic of conversation since early 2024. The office staff has already created hand-drawn concepts of their desired layout. The council has now tasked Ryan Staley, who was attending his first meeting as the new Director of Public Works, with converting these concepts into official CAD (computer-aided design) drawings. Staley, who has a background in engineering and design programs, confirmed he could produce the plans once the city acquires the necessary software license.

The council expressed a desire to move quickly on the project. The committee’s goal is to have the designs finalized by the next council meeting on November 3 so the project can be formally bid out to contractors.