Mahoning Township on Thursday reviewed preliminary drawings for the building that will eventually house its township offices and police department.

Expansion was the theme of the special meeting, as supervisors went over several schemes with an architect whom the township previously hired.

Board Chairman Robert Slaw said the board was told that from when the township began the project at the former Diaz building two years ago, costs have gone up by about 30%.

“He gave us preliminary drawings so that we could decide which way we want to renovate the building, what money we had available, what we can postpone,” Slaw said. “He’ll be back for another meeting, we will go over (it) and make sure we got all the points that we talked about.”

In July, supervisors voted to move forward with a settlement on the former Penn Medical building on Route 443 just west of Normal Square.

The plan is to renovate the building and move the township offices and police department to the location.

Once renovation work is complete, the Mahoning Township Police will use the lower level, and the township offices will be located on the second floor.

The purchase price of the property that includes the two-story building, as well as 14 acres of land, is $375,000. The property was assessed at $595,000.

Supervisors had been looking at the building since fall 2020, which once housed the offices for Dr. Floriel Diaz.