By: NICOLAS FIERRO
Salina Post
The demolition process of the former Ambassador Hotel on W. Crawford has been still been stalling since it began in 2024, and the City of Salina has denied the request from the property owner's legal counsel to lower the landfill disposal fee.
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Andrea Investments LLC is the company responsible for the debris removal. Andrea Investments has stumbled across some issues during this process that includes equipment and availability of staff/contractors.
Due to the long process, legal counsel for Andrea Investments has requested the City to lower the landfill disposal fee on the remaining demolition debris from the special rate for heavy demolition materials ($96/ton) to the standard secured waste rate ($48/ton).
During Monday's City Commission meeting, legal counsel for Andrea Investments and City of Salina staff conversed about the request in executive session.
After session was over, Commissioners voted to deny the request.
Andrea Investments is still obligated to fully remove the debris since they are the property owners, however the City also has the ability to stop the removal process and take full control of the process if they wish to.