Eagle City Council authorizes auction of Jackson House contents and orders appraisal of parcel

Eagle — At a special meeting Oct. 15, 2025, the Eagle City Council voted to authorize staff to auction surplus personal property taken from the Jackson House and to contract for an appraisal of the Jackson House parcel, authorizing the mayor to sign the appraisal contract.

The measures came after about 75 minutes of discussion about the city-owned Jackson House, adjacent parcels and options ranging from doing minimal maintenance and issuing an RFP to seek a private partner, to preparing the property for sale or long-term city ownership. Councilors voted to proceed with the auction of personal property from the house and to commission a standard, non-historic appraisal timed to either follow or proceed alongside the clean-out of the building.

Councilors and staff said the city’s adopted capital plan already identifies roughly $330,000 in capital work for the Jackson House across the next three fiscal years — a fencing and gutter replacement budgeted at $100,000 in the current fiscal year and additional items in later years for asbestos abatement, electrical work and replacement of the sewer lift station. Staff also reported past expenditures on the site: about $101,000 in capital spending over fiscal years 2024–25 and a one-time noncapital public-works line item of roughly $7,800 in FY25.

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