Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First

Rail Spur money still waits at the ready

Where is the money?

Kimball residents and those in neighboring communities are again questioning where the rail spur project money is and how it will be used.

Kimball City Administrator Dan Dean, along with Mayor Keith Prunty and City Treasurer Annette Brower addressed the question last week.

“I thought everybody was informed. We have a sheet here outlining where the monies that came in went,” Prunty said. “According to our attorney, it was just another revenue stream for economic development that the people voted on.”

The funds, collected through a property tax levy, were collected into the e...