Rehabilitation of the town house

The Municipality has completed the first phase of rehabilitating Town House Building. Under this first phase of the project, the porous roof deck was resealed using bitumen. The leakages were threatening to weaken and destroy the structure. The front offices were also installed with new modern partitions and curtain blinds, while a Reception area with a new reception desk was established. A major face-lift was also done on the Town House rates hall with a new counter with a granite top having been installed, complete with speak holes and payment counters. The front-office door was also replaced with a new door, complete with a door screen to improve security. This development has renewed the internal appearance of the Municipal civic centre particularly at the front office which is now more welcoming to ratepayers and other members of the public and visitors coming to Town House.

The second phase of the rehabilitation project will involve replacing the peeling ceiling, re-painting of the interior and exterior walls to restore the outlook of the building. A security wall will also be installed around the civic centre to manage human and vehicle traffic into the civic centre. To improve the outlook of the civic centre grounds, Council will green the park and install sprinklers so as to maintain the lawn and flowers, commensurate with the status of the premises as the Town House park. Council also intends to construct properly- surfaced parking bays for the convenience of ratepayers, stakeholders and visitors coming to the premises.

While these are the interim measures to spruce up the image of the civic center, the long term plan is also to construct a more spacious civic centre office complex to accommodate staff who serve the public. The current building was constructed more than 50 years ago when the town was still very small and there were also very few Council employees then.

Below are pictures of the Town House before rehabilitation and after rehabilitation.

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Council has also recently completed refurbishment of Chinengundu Clinic Maternity Wing and two public toilets,visit this link for more information. More capital development projects are in progress and we call upon residents and ratepayers to continue supporting council by paying their monthly bills to capacitate council in delivery of municipal services.