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THE BOARD RECESSED AT 12:00 O'CLOCK NOON AND RECONVENED <br />AT 1:30 O'CLOCK P.M. <br />ANN REUTER, LOCAL REAL ESTATE AGENT AND JOE GELLER, REAL <br />ESTATE AGENT REPRESENTING ARISTAR, THE COMPANY THAT OWNS THE OLD GRANT <br />BUILDING WHICH IS FOR SALE AND WHICH THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ARE <br />INVESTIGATING WITH THE THOUGHT OF BUYING, WERE PRESENT TO DISCUSS THIS <br />BUILDING. <br />CHAIRMAN LOY ASKED ;WHAT THE ASSESSMENT ON THE GRANT BUILDING <br />IS AND SHE WAS INFORMED THE TAXES FOR 1973 WERE $2,781.00. <br />ATTORNEY BURCH ENTERED THE MEETING AT 1:50 O'CLOCK P.M. <br />MR. GELLER STATED THAT HIS COMPANY WOULD PREFER THAT THE <br />COUNTY TENDER AN OFFER ON THE BUILDING AS IS AND WITH THE COUNTY RE- <br />PAIRING THE BUILDING AS THEY SEE FIT. <br />MRS. REUTER STATED THAT A PRELIMINARY STUDY COULD BE DONE <br />AND THE COST COULD BE WRITTEN INTO A PURCHASE AGREEMENT. <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE STATED THAT HE DID NOT FEEL WE COULD <br />SIGN AN AGREEMENT UNTIL AN APPRAISAL AND PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING STUDY <br />WAS MADE. <br />COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER SUGGESTED THAT THE COUNTY ADMINIS- <br />TRATOR RETAIN A GENERAL CONTRACTOR TO INSPECT THE BUILDING WITH THE <br />INTENTION OF HAVING IT CONFORM WITH OUR BUILDING DIRECTOR'S REQUIREMENTS <br />AND TO PREPARE AN ESTIMATE OF COST. WE WOULD THEN HAVE A ROUGH IDEA OF <br />WHAT IT WOULD COST TO MAKE THE BUILDING USABLE AND THAT AMOUNT COULD <br />BE DEDUCTED FROM THE SELLING PRICE OF THE BUILDING. <br />CHAIRMAN LOY ASKED IF THE BOARD IS INTERESTED IN PURSUING <br />THIS FURTHER. • <br />COMMISSIONER MASSEY STATED THAT HE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN <br />PURSUING THIS FURTHER. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT STATED THAT HE DOES NOT FEEL THIS IS <br />AN UNREASONABLE OFFER OR ONE THAT COULD NOT BE NEGOTIATED IF THAT IS <br />TRULY WHAT THE BOARD WANTS TO DO. HE FEELS WE ARE POSTPONING THE <br />INEVITABLE AND IT WILL MAKE THE ULTIMATE SOLUTION OF A COURTHOUSE COMPLEX <br />THAT MUCH FURTHER AWAY, BUT IF THE REST OF THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO DO THI' <br />HE WOULD BE IN AGREEMENT. <br />A MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER WODTKE, SECONDED BY <br />COMMISSIONER MASSEY, TO CONTACT A LOCAL GENERAL CONTRACTOR TO SECURE <br />COST ESTIMATES ON THE OLD GRANT BUILDING IN ORDER TO BRING IT UP TQ <br />13 <br />JUN 4 i975. <br />9nr!ls 4,0 WAGE 13 <br />