(KAIR) -- Atchison City Commissioners are going to go back to the drawing board in an effort to finalize an ordinance on scrapping business license regulations.

Community Development Director Stefanie Leif held a workshop with Commissioners Monday night.

Commissioner Rita Hartman suggested that the proposed ordinance should be published as there have been many changes to the ordinances over the years.

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Commissioner Jack Bower said clarity is important for the scrappers.

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Leif says she will bring the matter before Commissioners again in a month.

After an executive session, Commissioners approved the purchase of the Roberta Walters property, 20 to 21 acres located next to the Amelia Earhart Airport for 345 thousand dollars as part of the proposed expansion of the airport.

The FAA will fund 90 percent of the purchase and KDOT will fund five percent.

Commissioners also heard public comment for the second time in as many months from Mark Grove, a concerned handicapped citizen, about vehicles speeding through the crosswalks on 5th and 6th Street along Commercial Street Mall.

Under city ordinance, it’s a 20 mile per hour zone and if pedestrians are crossing, under state law, vehicles must stop before the white lines.

City Manager Trey Cocking ordered a KDOT engineering study if it hasn’t been conducted to determine the feasibility of the crossings.

Commissioners also approved resolutions to demolish four properties as part of the first round of the city’s demolition program and set October 1st as a public hearing for five more properties set to be demolished.

They also authorized Mayor Alan Reavis to sign an over four million dollar loan agreement on KDHE mandated water system improvements three to one with Commissioner Larry Purcell voting no.

Commissioner Dave Butler was absent for the meeting.

Purcell has voted no throughout the project, questioning the funding to architect Burns and McDonnell, as well as the type of improvements that are tentatively planned, such as the type of water storage system.

The city also agreed three to one to continue the flashing lights for the benefit of farming trucks at 6th and U-S 59, effective during the harvest season.

Mayor Alan Reavis didn’t believe farming trucks would have difficulty accelerating west from the red light.

Cocking says the flashing light problem will disappear once the Amelia Earhart Bridge is finished, as the light on 4th and 6th street on U-S 59 will be synced.