Weatherly received a coveted $1 million grant last year to build a government center.

Now the town's mayor is eager to see progress on the project, which is slated to include a district court, a police station and municipal building.The project will eventually allow the borough and police to move their offices out of a century-old train station, and into a modern facility on the former Tung-Sol property off Plane Street.On Monday, borough Manager Harold Pudliner asked council to begin the process of renewing, and increasing to $1 million, a loan meant to be used until they receive the grant money.The borough has a total of $2 million in grants in place for the project.Pudliner said he hopes to break ground by the end of the year, but the borough is waiting for the state to approve documents that will allow it to move forward with bidding out the project."I'm waiting for the contract from the state so we can start. I'm hoping we can wrap things up, looking at maybe October or November," he said.After confirming that Pudliner meant this year, Mayor Tom Connors said he is eager to see plans for the project.He wants council to move forward quickly when the money becomes available.Council has to approve plans for both buildings before ground is broken."The sooner we go and approve it, then we know when the money comes, we can move right there, it's not going to hold us back one or two months or three months," Connors said.The borough's solicitor, James Nanovic, said that groundbreaking probably wouldn't happen before the new year with the time required to bid out the project.Connors said he would like to see the plans for the district court at council's next meeting.Pudliner said that he could provide plans for the district court and police station.After Monday's meeting, Pudliner said the borough would prioritize building the court and police station, then work on its own offices as money becomes available.Connors suggested that because of the looming state budget situation, he wants the borough to act quickly and ensure that they get the grant money they are entitled to. He suggested that the state could even consider pulling back some grants."The closer and more prepared we are the better, because you don't know what they're gonna do," he said.