City planners recommend annexation of six properties

Sidney’s boundaries will likely soon expand.

At Monday’s meeting, the city’s planning commission considered seven properties for annexation and recommended to the city council that six of these properties be incorporated into the city. There is still a lengthy process ahead before these properties actually become part of Sidney.

Although some of these property owners requested annexation, many of them were considered because they already receive city utilities and other services.

Gary Dible spoke on behalf 21st Century Equipment, the only property for which the commission did not recommend ann...