CJOnline.com has reported Heartland Park Topeka owes the city of Topeka utility bills totalling nearly $45,000. According to the report, he track hasn't paid its water and street utility bills since August of 2013, according to the city's communications and marketing office.

The company is currently in the process of being purchased by the city.

CJOnline.com has reported Heartland Park Topeka owes the city of Topeka utility bills totalling nearly $45,000. According to the report, he track hasn't paid its water and street utility bills since August of 2013, according to the city's communications and marketing office.

The company is currently in the process of being purchased by the city.

When contacted, track owner Raymond Irwin said he didn’t know how much the racetrack owed each month in utility bills.

While city officials have been discussing solutions to Heartland Park at least since the summer of 2013, the plan was disclosed this past May. The city's goal is to find an owner or management firm to operate the track. A request for proposals was sent out recently and to date five responses have been received.

In the absence of a plan to save Heartland Park, the racing complex faces foreclosure, and the city would lose nearly a quarter of a million dollars in annual sales tax revenue.