WILSON — After a 20-minute executive session Monday to discuss the acquisition of real property, the Wilson City Council approved offering Dan Erdman of Picture Rocks Inc. $12,840 for the former Otasco building at 2504 Ave. E.

Included in the purchase price is enough to allow Erdman to rent a storage facility for the contents of the Otasco building.

The offer must be accepted by Sept. 8 or the council will pass a resolution to proceed with the city board of health recommendations. Theresa Staudinger, city attorney, will write a contract.

In other business:

• During three separate 15-minute public hearings before the start of the regular council meeting, members approved 30-day extensions to three owners of vehicles found in violation of city ordinances by the city board of health. Frank Fuller was given 30 days to make progress on the remaining vehicles at 616 24th St. to bring them into compliance. Daniel Merchant was given 30 days to make progress at 710 26th St. and bring the vehicles into compliance and Hugh Oden was given 30 days to make progress at 507 29th St.

All three of these cases will be inspected by public compliance officer Jeff Keith at the end of the 30 days.

• After a brief public hearing during which there was no public comment, the council approved the 2021 city budget as presented. The budgeted authority for 2021 is $945,613, up slightly from the $911,693 estimated expenditures for 2020.

• Council member Darcy Hubka Vopat volunteered to be the point person to begin identifying potential properties to be considered under the new abandoned building ordinance No. 854.

• City Clerk Susan Kriley said eight businesses applied for funding from the Kansas Department of Commerce Economic Development Community Development Block Grant specifically for COVID-19 relief. However, the amounts requested were over the amount awarded to the city. Mayor Mike Peschka noted Wilson was awarded a total of $77,000. However, $7,000 of that amount is earmarked for administrative services, leaving $70,000 to be split amongst the eight businesses.

• Approval was given for the city to apply for a Kansas Department of Health and Environment grant for a future cell addition at the city sewer lagoon. Peschka said this is something the city has to do because the sewer lagoon is not in compliance with the state.

“We don’t want to miss this opportunity,” Peschka said.

He said the work will not result in a raise in sewer rates.

Due to the Labor Day holiday, the next meeting of the Wilson City Council will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 8, at city hall.