As part of the effort to secure the transload facility, the Great Bend City Council Monday night authorized Mayor Mike Allison to sign the amendment to the railroad company Watco’s lease agreement at the airport. As the city has worked through the transload project, it was felt that adding some additional land area to the original lease would strengthen Great Bend’s proposal with the Kansas Department of Transportation, City Administrator Howard Partington said. This adds 11.63 acres.