By COLE REIF
Great Bend Post
On Monday, the Great Bend City Council held a public hearing for a dangerous building at 750 Jefferson. The structure was used as Price Trucking in the past, but now the building inspector has identified several safety concerns.
Great Bend Assistant City Administrator Logan Burns said the structure is deteriorating and is only going to get worse.
"The overhead door opening where it jams up, lost blocks," said Burns. "They attempted to rebuild it at one point. We have roof structure missing. The moisture that has penetrated that block is just going to continue to deteriorate. There are broken windows as well."
Toon Investments, owner of the building, plans to sell the property to Jim Murphy within the next 30 days. Murphy owns the storage units directly south of the dangerous building. Murphy then expects to clean the vegetation and trees of the property and the structure will be demolished.
The city council also set dates for public hearings for 2421 12th Street and 1622 19th Street. The public hearing for both structures is set for March 4 at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall.