Dallas City Hall renovation plans paused as council pursues selling landmark site

In a 9-6 vote late Wednesday, Dallas City Council members opted not to renovate Dallas City Hall.Instead, their vote directed the city manager to present options for the sale or transfer of the landmark building.After working through a massive list of 130 registered speakers on Wednesday night, Dallas City Councilman Chad West moved to pause any vote to renovate Dallas City Hall. He also asked City Manager Kim Tolbert to pursue options to sell or transfer the 15-acre city hall site. Proponents of demolishing city hall claim moving into another building will be less expensive than renovating city hall. "That savings is in the $100s of millions, but we don’t know the exact amount," said Dallas’ Chief Financial Officer Jack Ireland.Ireland admitted he doesn’t yet know the cost of moving and building a new city council chamber.The mayor’s office did not respond to FOX 4’s request for an interview. However, in a statement, Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson said it is overwhelmingly clear that reloc