West Lake Hills opened the doors of its new City Hall in September for a grand opening event attended by residents, past and current city officials, and members of the Westlake Chamber of Commerce.

The overview

City administration and police began moving into City Hall, located at 4010 Bee Caves Road, in mid-August, and the first City Council meeting in the new space was held Aug. 27.

Voters passed the new $22.7 million complex as part of the city’s 2021 bond election under the leadership of former Mayor Linda Anthony. It was led to completion by current city officials as well as project leaders at Brinkley Sargent Wiginton Architects and SpawGlass.

The details

Speakers at the Sept. 9 grand opening event included Anthony as well as Mayor James Vaughan, Police Chief Scott Gerdes and city administrator Trey Fletcher.

Refreshments, musical performances and informational booths were also set up at the event. Following remarks by officials in the City Council room, attendees gathered outside for a ribbon-cutting with the Westlake Chamber of Commerce.

Quote of note

During her remarks, Anthony said the city began discussing the idea of a new City Hall 10 years ago.

“It took a lot of helping hands to get us to this point and what I had always hoped for [with] this building was that it would become a community resource, a community center, something that we all could use in as many different ways as you can think of doing,” Anthony said. “It is, after all, your house. So thank you for letting us build it.“