City to begin work on new concessions building

HURON Work will get under way soon on a new concessions building for Kunhart Softball Complex after the City Commission on Monday approved a bid of $136,370.

Picek Construction of Huron won the contract. City workers will do some of the work to reduce the project cost and get closer to budget.

Construction will continue until bad weather sets in and its hoped the project can be completed in the spring prior to softball season.

Meanwhile, a request from Carroll and Arlene Tschetter, 636 Nicollet Ave. S.W., dealt with a small area of a new driveway apron of their neighbors that, with new curb, gutter and asphalt paving completed this summer, is now located on the Tschetters property.

The concrete in question is a two-by-four-foot, triangular section that encroaches on the Tschetter property.

Commissioner Doug Kludt said he sees no compelling reason for the city to remove that section, because a number of similar driveway approach flairs are located elsewhere in the city.

I do not think its something we should spend money on, he said.

Tschetter attorney Beverly Katz said the city created the problem by allowing that wing apron to be poured like that rather than squaring off the driveway approach. The Tschetters are also worried about title problems when they go to sell their property.

Its just not fair to the Tschetters to allow the neighbor to use their property, she said.

But the driveway apron is located within the public right of way, Mayor Paul Aylward said.

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