The city government of Adairville has no idea when it will be closing its deal to sell some of the town’s land to Houchens Industries, but it had better be soon.

According to the contract between the city and the Bowling Green-based company, the deadline to make the transaction is one week from today – Friday, March 20.

But at Monday’s city council meeting, mayor Jim Wilkerson said he has not heard anything from Houchens about when it will officially purchase the land.

“I don’t have any idea why we’ve not heard from them,” Wilkerson said.

Wilkerson said that two other property owners, who are also supposed to sell land to Houchens for the location of a new Crossroads IGA, are likewise in the dark.

On Thursday Wilkerson said that the city still had not heard anything about the situation since Monday’s regular monthly meeting.

If the March 20th deadline passes, Wilkerson said the city council would likely have to vote again if Houchens still wants to purchase the land, which currently includes the town’s maintenance garage.

“I don’t believe that would be any problem for our council, though, because they are all very positive about Houchens coming in,” Wilkerson said Thursday.

Wilkerson said that Houchens has done just about all the work it needs to short of closing on the land deal, including core drilling and applying for the necessary variances to build the new grocery store.

The council also voted on Monday to go ahead and begin the bidding process for a new maintenance garage as soon as the city finds out for sure that Houchens will be buying the land.

“I think we need to go ahead and get these bids out,” city council member Marla Sircy said. “There’s a lot of things that hinges on it.”

Wilkerson also told his council to start thinking about whether Adairville should build or otherwise provide a building to house an ambulance in the city limits.

When Com-Care Inc. takes over as Logan County’s ambulance service later this year, it will keep an ambulance in Adairville if there is a place to do so.

“How important is it for the citizens to have an ambulance in this community?” Wilkerson asked.

The council agreed that they would like to hear what their constituents thought about the issue and called a public hearing to take place at 7 p.m. on April 13 – just prior to the next regularly scheduled council meeting.

Both Auburn and Lewisburg already have a facility to house an ambulance.

Other business at Monday’s meeting included:

• Agreeing to hire Kenny Dickerson as the new community park manager.

• Voting to begin charging a $100 fee to cover the cost of sending applications to the Board of Adjustments

• Voting to purchase new computers for the city clerk and city police chief.