WAITSBURG – The Waitsburg City Council was in full agreement not to move forward with the proposed purchase of the former Jehovah’s Witness church building, across from Preston Park, as the new location for City Hall. They also said ‘no’ to retaining loan funds for upgrades to the current facility on the corner of Main and Preston Avenue at the Jan. 17 council meeting.

City Manager Randy Hinchliffe proposed purchase of the former church building, which is also located next to the City Shop, as an alternative to performing extensive repairs and upgrades to the current City Hall building.

Hinchl...