Commissioners voted to engage Ingram Environmental to prepare an extension to the existing abatement timeline and to begin the preliminary work needed to move the vacant hospital toward demolition or mitigation when funding and bids become available.

Discussion referenced previously awarded grants and a potential subgrant (about $200,000 mentioned during the meeting) that could be applied to demolition and abatement work. Commissioners asked staff to confirm the abatement extension paperwork and for Ingram to begin work on required documentation so the county’s options remain open for grant funding and to solicit bids for removal.

A motion to contact Mark Ingram (Ingram Environmental) to proceed with paperwork for an extension and to begin pre‑demolition planning was made, seconded and approved by the commission; staff will follow up with Ingram and report back with timelines and cost estimates.