Jefferson County approves sale of Hallmark Farm site; county says closing set for tomorrow

The Jefferson County Commission on March 20 approved Resolution No. 34, clearing the sale of the Hallmark Farm project site and authorizing county staff to complete the transaction, which commissioners were told is scheduled to close the next day.

The county acquired the property in 2019. A county representative told the commission that the closing will mark the start of a project described to the commissioners as the Farm Center of Alabama. The resolution was presented and approved during the meeting after a commissioner requested separate consideration for items 34 and 35 during a batch vote on resolutions.

Procedural note: Commissioners first moved to approve resolutions 1 through 56 with items 34 and 35 pulled for separate consideration. After discussion, the commission took Resolution No. 34 up individually; a motion to adopt the resolution was made and seconded and the item passed on a voice vote.

What was decided: Resolution No. 34 was adopted; meeting remarks stated the sale will close tomorrow and framed the transaction as the start of a development project for the Hallmark Farm site. The transcript did not record a named mover or a roll‑call vote; the adoption was recorded by voice vote.

What this means: County staff will proceed with the closing and the county’s stated next step is the project described during the presentation. The commission did not provide additional ordinance citations or statutory references in the verbal presentation, and no fiscal details for the sale were discussed on the record during the meeting.