It appears commercial properties located in Superior are changing hands.
Monday evening members of the Superior City Council approved the sale of another lot located in Kottmeyer Business Park North and approved a loan which will be used to purchase a former truck stop.
An offer of $25,000 from Rob and Carol Scroggins to purchase the 12.51 acre Lot 5 located along the northern boundary of the former Champlin Refining Company tank farm was accepted. The property is located south of Eighth Street and east of Hartley Street.
Mr. and Mrs. Scroggins expect to purchase a home and relocate to Superior from Colorado within the next two months. They want to develop Lot 5 into a storage facility for motor homes, travel trailers and boats. The area will be secured with fencing, lighting and security cameras. The first development phase includes covering the lot with an estimated $50,000 worth of rock. Later phases are to include covered and enclosed storage areas.
Earlier this year the council sold Lots 3, 4 and 7, amounting to 8.23 acres with the petroleum company’s former office, warehouse and loading facilities, to Giza Real Estate of Creston, Iowa. The stated purpose was to house a wrecking service for semi-trucks and trailers and a possible truck chrome polishing business. That sale for $50,000 was completed on May 1.
The property in question was purchased from NuStar Pipeline Operating Partnership in November of 2021 for $113,725.
The city is considering using a portion of the property for the possible construction of an electrical system substation and a fire station.
Also approved was a $70,000 loan to MT Gehle Trucking which would be used to purchase from C&M Supply a property at 1789 Idaho Street which was long used as a truck stop. The Gehle firm has been in operation since 2015 and leased the North Idaho Street property since 2017. The property’s main building is about 60 years old. It included two service bays, one of which will accommodate a semi-truck.
The owners have plans to expand the business and make improvements to the property. They do not plan to reopen the truck stop but want to make modifications so it can be better utilized as a truck terminal.
The loan comes with an interest rate of 3.5 percent and is for 10 years.
The council approved a change order for the yet to be constructed City Park splash pad. One of the proposed splash domes will be replaced with a Water Way play table that is expected to appeal to the younger patrons.
It is the current plan of the park board to adopt the splash pad design to provide two features for each of three age groups. If this is realized, more change orders will be coming.
The park improvements are being financed with an 80 percent state grant. As the original bids came in under the engineers’ estimate and grant amount, the park board is looking to add features, additional seating and playground equipment.
The entire park improvement is expect to cost about $500,000.
The council approved replacing the police department’s 2012 Chevrolet Impala patrol car with a mid-size SUV. The Allen Samuels dealership in Hutchinson, Kansas can furnish a 2024 Dodge Durango AWD pursuit vehicle within four weeks with a total cost of $58,197. The city went out-of-state looking for a vehicle as a Nebraska dealership could not supply a suitable vehicle before June of 2025.
The council waived the three reading rule and approved on first reading an ordinance creating a safe haven policy to be used when a parent seeks to surrender custody of their child to the city. It is the intent of the policy to follow a state law involving such actions.
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