There may be a game of musical locations, so to speak, in the future for a couple of Kenmore’s public buildings.

Construction plans for a new Kenmore library still are on hold, stuck in neutral until the local branch of the U.S. Post Office vacates the building library leaders want to demolish to make way for a new facility.

Still, King County Library Director Bill Ptacek and others said there may be some movement regarding the efforts to relocate the local post office.

According to Kenmore City Manager Frederick Stouder, postal officials contacted the city inquiring about the availability of Kenmore City Hall. The city broke ground on a new city hall just a few weeks ago and the building isn’t scheduled to be ready for a year. But Stouder said if the current municipal building works for the post office, he is willing to move Kenmore’s administrative operations into temporary headquarters, probably one of the empty spaces in the existing Kenmore Village shopping plaza, neighbor to the current City Hall.

Postal officials did not return a call requesting comment.

According to Stouder, postal leaders are eyeing Kenmore’s current City Hall for several reasons, one being they would be moving just across the street from their current location at 6531 N.E. 181st Street. Stouder likes that idea as well, saying the relocated office would be easy for postal patrons to find.

Further, Stouder said the current post office is too small, while Kenmore’s City Hall would allow for some breathing room.

Stouder added that normally, moving a post office branch requires a public process that can take anywhere from six months to two years. In this case, the post office apparently is looking for an emergency lease that would speed their relocation.

Postal officials are asking Kenmore to lease them City Hall for at least two years in six month increments. There is also the possibility of the post office eventually gaining a brand new building somewhere in what city officials envision as a rebuilt Kenmore Village.

For some time, Kenmore officials have been working with Seattle developers Urban Partners to refurbish Kenmore Village into a 10-acre mixed use development stretching from Northeast 181st Street and 68th Avenue to the nearby Park-and-Ride off Northeast 185th Street.

Blaming the slow economy, Urban Partners has asked for several extensions with regard key deadlines for the project. As originally planned, construction was to start in early 2008, with the first homes and retail