Resident questions sale of county properties and vacancy of buildings sold to private buyer
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Summary
A resident asked the commission how county property sales are authorized after she found several properties sold in 2021 to Alliance HR are now vacant or deteriorating in Athens, and requested clarification on the county’s sales process.
Amanda Schulte raised questions at the May 2, 2025 work session about several properties the county sold in 2021 that are now vacant or decayed and asked how the county oversees property sales and reuse.
Schulte said she learned that four properties were sold in August 2021 to an entity listed as Alliance HR for a combined $850,000 and that at least two buildings are now vacant and appear rundown. She said one of the properties had previously been used as a county utilities building. Schulte asked why multiple properties were sold and why only one was repurposed, and she said she would follow up with a written request for clarification.
The transcript records Schulte’s questions and that a commissioner offered to speak with her after the meeting, but it does not record a formal staff explanation, motion, or vote regarding the property sales during the session.
