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With projected renovation costs mounting, city politicians are looking at possibly selling London City Hall.

It's one of the proposals currently on the table with a report from staff due back in November.

It's unclear where people now working at City Hall would go if the building was sold. One option might involve leasing more properties in the core.

In the meantime, members of Board of Control did recommend on Wednesday spending nearly $500,000 to fix a leaky roof under the City Hall observation deck.

Controller Gord Hume supported the plan but said he's frustrated with the amount of money being spent to fix up the city hall building.

"I've been saying for years that spending $20 million dollars renovating city hall doesn't make economic sense to me," said Hume.

"You're going to end up spending $20 million dollars of the public's money and end up still with an inadequate facility."

However, he still voted in favour of the motion because he believes the public asset needs to be protected.

Bud Polhill was the lone controller to vote against the proposal.

A final vote will be held during the next regular city council meeting on Monday.