Council will look at options on 4 city of Billings-owned buildings [Video]

BILLINGS – The buildings for four long-time Billings non-profits are in need of maintenance.

“Each of those nonprofits are running their own properties,” Billings City Councilman Bill Kennedy said. “Is the city going to be liable for deferred maintenance on it?”

Those buildings are fully or partially owned by the city and include the Alberta Bear Theater, the Babcock Theater, the Billings Depot, and the Moss Mansion.

The Billings City Council approved an initiative to talk about what to do with those buildings at its meeting on Monday night.

Kennedy sponsored the initiative because the city does not have a maintenance plan, according to the agenda.

At this point, it’s just an initiative to get the council to talk about the issue.

It’s not known how much money would be involved and what would be best financially for the taxpayers.

Kennedy said the buildings are leased and some or all of the maintenance is done depending on the nonprofit.

“There’s, a lot of deferred maintenance …