Dunbar City Council approved the sale of the city's annex building to the Dunbar Sanitary Board during its Monday night city meeting.
The building, which the sanitary board has long rented from the city, stands next to City Hall.
The sanitary board approached the city to buy the building some time ago, Dunbar Mayor Terry Greenlee said.
Council approved moving forward with closing the sale to the sanitary board for $70,000.
"What rent the city was receiving, we would put back into the building in insurance, repairs and overall maintenance," Greenlee said. "The city wasn't making any money from it."
Also on Monday, council approved the purchase of two bullet-proof vests.
"Right now, each Dunbar officer is equipped with a bullet-proof vest," Dunbar Police Chief Jesse Bailes said.
The new vests will replace several that are "expired."
"After five years, that's when the vest starts breaking down," Bailes said. "You've got to remember [officers] wear them every day."
After that date, Bailes said, the manufacturer does not guarantee the Kevlar vest's usability. The city entertained three quotes before choosing one from Blue Supply.
The city will only incur 50 percent of the cost with the assistance of a federal grant.
Equipping offers with bulletproof vests is an officer safety issue, Bailes said
"We have a department policy that [officers] have to wear their vests when on field assignments," Bailes said.
Having officers is those vests while out in the field, also is a condition of the federal grant that helps fund the vests, Bailes noted.
"Obviously, it's encouraged that all officers wear bullet-proof vests and it's imperative that we provide them to the officers," Bailes said.
In other news:
n Council members approved Nov. 7 meeting minutes.
n Mayor Greenlee urged council and Dunbar citizens to write Christmas cards to Kaydence Weaver, a 2-year-old from Indiana who is battling cancer and wishes to receive more than 500 cards for Christmas.
n Council announced the Dunbar Christmas parade for 7 p.m. Dec. 2.