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Committee backs sale of industrial park tract to Dill Construction for $150,000; proceeds to fund infrastructure
Summary
On Sept. 16, 2025, the Purchasing Committee voted to approve a draft recommendation to sell a 14-acre tract in the Interstate Industrial Park to Dill Construction for $150,000 and to place proceeds in the park's infrastructure fund.
On Sept. 16, 2025, the Purchasing Committee voted to approve a draft proposal recommending sale of a 14-acre parcel in the Interstate Industrial Park to Dill Construction for $150,000, a figure calculated as the price for the five usable acres at $30,000 per acre. The committee also approved a recommendation that sale proceeds be kept in an industrial-park account for future infrastructure improvements.
Annie, director of the park, told the committee the parcel is effectively landlocked: "The parcel that we are proposing sits between a sewer easement...and then...there's a cliff that drops back there. So there's really nowhere to go even behind them. It is, it is truly a landlocked parcel." She said Dill Construction plans a manufacturer that would build a 50,000-square-foot building and add about 25 new jobs.
Annie said the sale structure is intended to balance development opportunity and county risk: the county would sell the full 14-acre tract but charge the buyer for five usable acres at the county's uncertified-site rate of $30,000 per acre, for a total of $150,000. The county has set a higher price of $40,000 per acre for certified, build-ready sites. Annie said the buyer has completed a survey and provided utility and building specifications and that county staff have checked with the codes office and found no immediate variance needs.
Committee members discussed whether sale proceeds should remain earmarked for the park. Annie and others supported keeping the $150,000 in a separate industrial-park account for road, lighting or certification work. The committee approved the draft recommendation and directed staff to forward it to Annie's board for full approval at its meeting the following day.
The committee did not adopt any tax abatement or payment-in-lieu agreement; Annie said the buyer would pay property taxes on the full 14 acres and that no PILOT was part of the draft proposal. The sale is conditional on any approvals required by the full board and standard land-sale due diligence; the committee's action was a recommendation and not the final transfer.
