In an update to the public on the status of various construction projects around Kane County, the Kane Buildings and Grounds department reaffirmed their estimate for the new Kane County Community Outreach Center’s (KCCOC) completion date of fall 2025. Per Kris Ramsey, Facility Manager for Buildings and Grounds, “The KCCOC is moving along really well. They will begin hanging drywall and doing finish work in the next couple of weeks.” The county’s newsletter reaffirmed the completion of the building’s framing and Ramsey’s timeline, estimating October as the completion date.
The KCCOC will function as the new headquarters of Kane County’s Care and Share food bank, as well as local Recovery Court activities and storage for Buildings and Grounds and the Kanab Center - potentially extending to the community recreation center being built on the same property.
For the recreation center, initial site preparation, listed in the county report as “excavation, fill and compaction” is completed, and the project is currently waiting on third-party final plan review and the establishment of a Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP). Per the county website, “Construction is projected to commence as soon as the GMP is established.” Though all timelines are tentative based on third-party review, county employees estimate a matter of weeks before those documents are firmly in place.
The County’s construction report states the KCCOC is funded by drug court and settlement funds, Transient Room Tax (TRT) hotel room tax dollars and some budgeting from the General Fund, while the Rec Center is funded by COVID Relief, TRT, TRCC, Recreation and Transportation Special Service District Funds - notably keeping to the Kane County Commission’s initial promise that this project would not draw funding from loans, nor Kane County’s general taxes drawn from county residents’ property tax or sales and use tax.
