Water Board To Have Inspection Done On South Tower

The Water Board met Tuesday afternoon in City Hall where Water Superintendent Rick Denny updated the board on the progress of the South Water Tower inspection. The board moved to have an inspection preformed on this water tower after the state said the interior of the tower had to be repainted on a drive by inspection earlier in the year. The Water Board felt that repainting the tower was not needed at this time an elected to hire a private inspector to look at the tower. Rick Denny received two bids, one from Liquid Engineering and a second from Dixon Engineering, with the board electing to go with the low bidder Liquid Engineering who will...
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Mayor Proclaims EMS Appreciation Week

Greensburg — Last week, Greensburg Mayor Gary Herbert made a proclamation that May 19 to 25 would be EMS appreciation week in Decatur County, in conjunction with national EMS appreciation week. When a life is on the line after an accident or illness, the Emergency Medical Service (EMS) is who shows up to help. Be it a car accident, a fire, flood, or some other disaster, EMS workers have saved thousands upon thousands of lives. It's been said ...
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City Planning Commission Reviews Unsafe Building Codes

The Greensburg Planning Commission met Tuesday night in City Hall where they discussed the status of unsafe buildings and what can be done by the Commission to ensure things are handled in the most effective way in light of the building that was torn down this month on Main Street after structural damage was identified. Both Fire Chief Scott Chasteen, and City Engineer Gary Murray reported that the building that was recently demolished on East Main had been addressed previously by a structural engineer who had deemed the building sound with only cosmetic damage with work having been done on the building, which is why the building...
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Mayor Herbert Shares His Concerns On Recently Passed Sign Ordinance In City Council Special Session

The City Council held a special session last night at City Hall where Mayor Gary Herbert took some time to express concerns with the sign ordinance that was passed at the last city council meeting. Councilman Glenn Tebbe stated he was disappointed that the mayor had not spoken these concerns before the ordinance was passed in the two months the city council reviewed the ordinance or earlier in the planning commission discussions that had gone ...
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