By COLE REIF
Great Bend Post
The Great Bend City Council approved the public hearings for three unsafe and dangerous structures at Monday’s meeting. The building inspector wrote letters outlining safety concerns on each of the properties.
Great Bend Assistant City Administrator Logan Burns presented the first structure at 750 Jefferson Street, the old Price Trucking building.
"The overhead door opening where the jam is broken out from the block," said Burns. "The roof structure is open. There are broken windows. You'll see that areas are deteriorating and allow moisture to get inside, and that's only going to get worse."
Also included on the list was 1622 19th Street. The 19th Street property has a detached garage with overhead door damage and roof structure exposure. Finally, the structure at 2421 12th Street showed leaning walls, deteriorating materials and roof exposure.
Public hearing dates for all three properties were set for Jan. 15, 2024 at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall. Owners have until then to repair the structures or make their case to the governing body before the council votes to demolish the buildings.
