By anyone's account, a city owned building on Beacon's Main Street that houses the local posts of the American Legion and VFW is in rough shape.

"We've been seeking the city's help for several administrations," VFW Post 666 Commander Harold Delamater said during a tour of the 90-year-old building on Tuesday.

Since mid-2015, Delamater has led a lobbying effort to get the city to do approximately $132,000 in repairs to the building. He has had little luck, even though the repairs had tentatively been in the city's capital improvement plans.

The most urgent issues include: a retaining wall that needs reinforcement ($12,000); replacement of all windows ($60,000); replacement of the air conditioning system ($45,000); and a replacement of the front landing, which is sinking ($15,000).

Delamater said other important jobs include replacement of several pieces of the slate roofing and a full paint job.

"Monies have been budgeted throughout the administrations for repairs to the Memorial Building," Delamater said. "However, only a fraction of that money has been actually spent."

At Monday's city council meeting, Delamater led a group of about 15 veterans in firmly requesting that the city follow through with improvement plans. A draft version of the city's capital plan has the landing and retaining wall projects slated for later this year, and the windows and AC system are slated for 2019.

City Manager Anthony Ruggiero said that in the past, there have been some financial challenges -- such as a project estimate that turned out to be too high -- that have delayed the projects. He said, this time, money is available and the projects will be completed, pending approval from the council.

"[We are] bringing these back to the council," Ruggiero said. "The council makes the final decision. These are what we're recommending. ... We hope to have that adopted, but the council makes the final decision."

Ruggiero plans to put the matter before the council to be voted on at its next meeting on April 30.