State Representative Mike Coffey (R-Springfield) continues his effort to meet with and learn from employers and community organizations across the 95th District through his “Mike on Main Street” business tours. Coffey’s latest visit was alongside Chatham Mayor Dave Kimsey to learn more about the new municipal center being constructed. The new municipal center will consolidate the Chatham Police Department, Village Hall, emergency dispatch, and a modern Emergency Operations Center under one roof. The facility is set to open in summer or early fall of 2027.
State Representative Mike Coffey and Village President Dave Kinsey discuss the progress of the new Chatham Municipal Complex. The project aims to consolidate administrative, police, and utility services into a modern facility while prioritizing local labor and economic growth through state funding and regional partnerships.
On this week's Mic on Main Street,
we're going to take a walk through the Chatham Village Hall.
Hi, I'm State Representative Mike Coffey.
I'm down here in Chatham with Village President Dave
Kinsey. Dave, it's great to see we've got the new Village Hall,
a lot of construction going on.
Just tell us a little bit about what you've got going on.
So we're about halfway through our construction schedule.
Everything so far has been going great,
but this will be the new Chatham Municipal Complex,
which will hold all of our administrative
departments, our police departments,
dispatchers, and utility building employees.
Finally, all under one roof in a building that's
not 40 plus years old with the adequate type of technology
and space that we need to continue to operate in such a.
Well, thanks for having us, Tyler, because it's great when you get,
you know, the state funding helps put this thing together.
And when you kind of see that, you know, what you're doing
in the statehouse, really how it equates to the cities and villages
and what, you know, we're actually getting something accomplished here
that I think is going to be great for the Chatham community.
I noticed you've got a lot of great
Central Illinois construction companies.
You've got B&B Electric, Solagio Steel, Ewan Pruitt.
You know, so just kind of tell us about that,
how you've really tried to keep this project local
and getting our local union trades to work in here.
It was a goal that we covered with both our architects and CORE,
who is our general contractor on this project, is to try to keep
as much of this project local and funding right through Sangamon County
to be able to support our economy while we're doing this.
And that came up in economic development planning
that we were doing here, too.
How to kind of recirculate
and get projects that really have an impact in your community
beyond just the building that one time.
And you do a great job here in Chatham.
The entire Chatham Village Board, you know, they're here.
Your city manager, Patrick, and all that.
So I just want to say thanks.
Thanks for having us come down.
This looks like a tremendous project, making a lot of progress.
So it looks like you'll have another eight years in office.
Is that how it is?
I can't make any promises like that, but we appreciate your support
and all the support that we've gotten out of it.
Our representatives and our senators
and from the state house to make this project.
Well, we're happy to see what you can get on.
What a great community you've got here in Chatham.
So thanks for having us.
Thanks, Mike.
