While Kenner’s administrative building is rebuilt after taking heavy damage from Hurricane Ida, city officials decide to temporarily move all staff and government departments to Esplanade Mall.
Kenner government will now operate out of the unused Macey’s building at Esplanade Mall.
"Government never stopped. We had a trailer that we were working out of ....we were on the street serving constituents in this parking lot," Kenner Mayor Ben Zahn told WWLTV.
Kenner city code enforcement will operate out of the department store’s first floor, while council chambers, councilmembers offices and courts will share one side of the building.
"We started with 3 thousand square feet, then 10 thousand at this point we are still less than 50 percent of the first floor of Macy's, so we're about including the housing units about 40 thousand square feet," Deborah Foshee, Kenner's Chief Administrative Officer, told the news station.
Most of Kenner City Hall is uninhabitable, but Foshee says temporarily moving operation to the Macey’s building makes it convenient for everyone.
"We lost between buildings A, B, C, the recreation administrative and programing administrative areas we lost 72 thousand square feet of usable space, we're doing the best we can to provide an outlet to continue to provide city services," said Foshee.
