Kendall County treasurer, planning offices to offer limited services starting Friday afternoon

Beginning Jan. 21, several Kendall County offices will temporarily relocate to the Kendall County Courthouse on John Street to accommodate the start of a $9.9 million project to renovate the Kendall County Office Building on the Fox Street campus in downtown Yorkville.

The treasurer’s office and planning, building and zoning offices will offer limited services Friday afternoon to begin the process of moving. The offices will reopen on Wednesday, Jan. 22, at the Kendall County Courthouse.

The treasurer’s, the assessor’s, the planning, building & zoning offices and the administration and human resources office will be temporarily moving to accommodate the renovation project. Those needing to reach the offices Friday afternoon through Jan. 24 are encouraged to call ahead to confirm availability or check the Kendall County website at kendallcountyil.gov.

The Assessor’s Office, Administration and Human Resources will close on Wednesday, Jan. 22 and reopen on Friday, Jan. 24 at the courthouse.

The Kendall County clerk, recorder and elections office is not impacted and will remain open and operating at its current facility at 502 S. Main St. in downtown Yorkville. The office moved into a new $9.4 million building last year.

Beginning with the Jan. 7 meeting, Kendall County Board meetings have been temporarily relocated to the historic Kendall County Courthouse on the Fox Street campus, next to the Kendall County Office Building.

The renovation project, which will begin in early February, will include full renovations to the entire building, except the boardroom and the executive board conference room. The improvements will be paid for from the county’s fiscal 2024 building fund, with the remainder budgeted in the fiscal 2025 building fund.

The project is expected to be completed by January 2026. As Brian DeBolt, chairman of the board’s facilities and technology committee, had told fellow board members, the elevator for the Kendall County Office Building is not compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act and is not safe.

“So that would be replaced,” he said. “The stairways would be replaced, which are now enclosed, with a glass atrium to bring natural light into those spaces. The third-floor hallway system would be removed, and the other two floors would be expanded by department for future growth of Kendall County. And by doing all this, it should take us maybe three decades down the road. As growth continues to come to Kendall County, we have to prepare in advance so that we have the spaces available as the population grows and the programs grow.”

All bathrooms in the building also will be made ADA accessible. Kendall County Board Chairman Matt Kellogg said the improvements will enhance public access.

“The majority of the public access will be on the first floor instead of people having go up and down stairs,” he said. “The elevator is antiquated to say the least.”