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22-05-2025
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Intersection painting splits council
May 21—The vote was 5-3 at Monday's City Council meeting when the administration recommended paying Venture Corporation $59,312 to pave the lines at eight intersections on 10th St. Assistant City Engineer Hitha Kadiyala said the contract will save time and money because the project is being added to other work Venture is doing. The City Connecting Link Improvement Program (CCLIP) offers federal and state funds to cities for enhancing certain roads projects. The City has a CCLIP project starting on Tuesday, May 27, that includes pavement markings at 10th and Patton and Second and Main. Since Road Safe is already the sub-contractor through Venture Corporation for this work, the City requested a quote from them for additional pavement markings at other 10th Street intersections. Funding will come from the street repair budget. Councilmembers raised several questions before voting to approve the recommendation. Councilman Cory Urban asked if there was a guarantee that the paint would last for a year or two, since City Administrator Logan Burns said, "The paint we have is not lasting." To answer Urban's question, there is no warranty. "We've tried three or four different manufacturers of paint and whatever Road Safe has," Burns said. "It seems to stick a little better, but it seems like a week or two after we put that down, it's already gone." He later singled out the intersection of 10th and Washington, where the paint lasted "two weeks, maybe." Councilman Gary Parr asked if the City has explored what is used on Interstate highways and Mayor Cody Schmidt asked if Great Bend has called other cities to see what paint they use. "Our traffic-control specialists are working on it," Kadiyala said. "We've changed the vendors, we changed the methods, and tried every approach." She said they have spent about a year trying to figure out a solution. Kadiyala said Road Safe has to use state-certified paint for CCLIP projects. "We have that paint as well. ... The materials have changed so much lately that we're just trying to figure out what is going on at this point." However, doing nothing is not a good option, she said. She recommended doing the work now for safety and working on researching the paint issue as well. "It blows me away to pay if we can do it ourselves in-house," Urban said. The city will be painting other intersections this year. Those voting "yes" to the painting contract were Kevyn Soupiset, Rickee Maddox, Alan Moeder, Jolene Biggs and Tina Mingenback. Those voting "no" were Urban, Parr and Davis Jimenez. Councilman Parr contacted the Great Bend Tribune on Tuesday to comment on his vote. "I'm not against painting the intersections," he said. "They absolutely need to be painted." Parr said his "no" vote was based on the cost of the paint and the fact that it might only last two to three weeks. "This is almost $7,000 per intersection," he said. He was also concerned that there is no guarantee. "We're just throwing caution to the wind," he said, adding the city needs to check with other cities and get more data. The intersections that are getting pavement markings are all on 10th St. They are located at Frey Street, Kansas Ave., Main, Washington, Harrison, Grant, Patton Road, and K-96. Markings include crosswalks, stop bars, single white lines, turn arrows and double yellow lines.
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09-04-2025
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Amanda Gaddis named CVB director
Apr. 8—Amanda Gaddis at the Great Bend Convention and Visitors Bureau has been promoted to the director's position. At Monday's Great Bend City Council meeting, City Administrator Logan Burns reported on this and other City news, including work on the dragstrip, street projects and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Gaddis appointment Amanda Gaddis is stepping into the role formerly held by Christina Hayes. She has worked at the Convention and Visitors Bureau for three years. In 2023, she earned the Kansas Destination Specialist Award at the annual Kansas Tourism Conference. "I'm excited to see where she continues to take the CVB position, so congratulations, Amanda, and thank you," Burns said. In the past, this job also included the responsibilities of Community Coordinator. When Hayes left to take another position out of town, she recommended splitting CVB and Community Coordinator roles into two jobs. Burns said the City is continuing to refine the Community Coordinator position. "We'll be looking to put that out later this month (and) hopefully we'll get some good applicants," he said. SRCA Dragstrip Work continues on the project to rebuild the dragstrip that closed in 2023 after safety concerns about the surface. Flaws in the dragstrip construction in 2021 resulted in "high spots" on the racing surface and forced the Sunflower Rod and Custom Association, which manages the dragstrip, to suspend racing in 2023 and beyond. Burns said those involved in the project meet regularly and a site survey has been completed. "We're looking forward to bringing the next step in the design process back to the Council at the next meeting," Burns said. After some design drawings are completed, the next is to begin demolition of the existing track. Paving is expected to start by August. With a scheduled completion date of February 2026, the dragstrip should be ready when next year's season starts in April. Burns said there are commitments from the National Hot Rod Association to bring some good races to town, "so we're excited to get that project going." Other departments Burns also reported: —Public Works will pour one more section of concrete at the McDonald's entrance. The second section was poured last week and is curing. The project should be wrapped up next week. —The City Connecting Link Improvement Program (CCLIP) is a federal and state-funded program that provides funds in Kansas to address deficiencies on state highways within city limits. Great Bend's CCLIP project to repave the intersection at 10th and Patton Road, along with Second and Main, will start on or about May 19. Staff will also be striping all 10th Street intersections as part of that project. —Public Lands finished tieing in the waterline at the new Vietnam Veterans Memorial on Monday and they plan to lay sod on Friday. The Vietnam veterans and planning a picnic at the shelter by the memorial once all the work gets done. "That is a great addition to the park," Burns said of the memorial. —Projects by Roofmasters should be 95% complete by the FEMA deadline, which is April 26. The City just received approval from the insurance company on some work on the North Annex (which formerly housed the Great Bend Police Department and Municipal Court). Also, the City needs to report some overhead doors at the old fire station located near K-96 and Broadway. The City has filed for a time extension on the remaining projects. Roofmaster Roofing was named the general contractor to make repairs from the July 2023 hailstorm, which did $9 million in damage. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) later declared the damage a designated disaster, allowing Great Bend to receive reimbursement for part of its insurance deductible.
