City council adopts resolution to transfer 50.556 acres to Community Improvement Corporation

The Washington Court House City Council unanimously adopted Resolution R9-2025 on Jan. 20, 2025, authorizing City Manager Joseph J. Dennen or his designee to transfer 50.556 acres (parcel number 215-020-0-00-014-00) to the Community Improvement Corporation of Fayette County.

The measure, taken on second reading at a special meeting called for 8:30 a.m., transfers a roughly 50.556-acre parcel in the city's industrial park to the local community improvement corporation. The resolution text included the city manager as the official authorized to complete the transfer.

Councilmember Blair questioned the terms during discussion, asking, "What is this exactly? The 50 acres in the industrial park when we're selling it to Fillmore?" Blair also referenced price figures discussed at the meeting, saying the property was being sold for "the million and a quarter" and recalling that the city had purchased the land earlier for "400 some thousand." Those price figures were discussed by council members during the exchange but are not stated in the resolution language itself.

The resolution was moved and seconded and then adopted by roll call vote with the following recorded votes: Councilmember Blair: yes; Councilmember Chrisman: yes; Councilmember Hawk: yes; Councilmember Johnson: yes; Councilmember Shilts: yes; Councilmember Lynch: yes. The council identified this as the only item on the special-meeting agenda and noted the matter was previously introduced (this action was taken on second reading).

The resolution identifies the parcel to be transferred and names the Community Improvement Corporation of Fayette County as the transferee; it does not specify additional conditions, an exact closing date, or an effective date in the meeting record. The transcript does not show any other formal directions to staff or contingencies tied to the transfer.

The meeting lasted only the single-item agenda and concluded after the roll call; no public-comment period or additional staff presentations on the transfer appear in the record.