Dallas City Council to vote on $3M fund to explore new city hall locations

On Wednesday, Dallas City Council will decide if the city should spend millions of dollars to explore options for new city hall and 911-call center locations. The vote tomorrow, if approved, would mean that the city manager could spend up to $3 million to explore new locations for the City of Dallas to lease, or buy, a new city hall location and a 911 and 311 call center. Dallas considers $3M fund for new city hall searchSo the second vote in the process of leaving Dallas' City Hall will mean the Dallas City Council is invested in a potential move. The proponents of leaving city hall argue that the vote is about transparency. They say that this is the step that will allow the public to eventually see about two to four different options for the new city hall location. That will likely happen in August, at which time there will be a vote to approve one of the locations, while also voting separately about what happens to the old Dallas City Hall site. Earlier, members of the Dallas City C