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Franklin County commissioners adopt property-management ordinance enabling installment sales and expanded inventory of leased property
Summary
On March 12 the Franklin County Board of Commissioners adopted Ordinance O1-2025, a new county property-management policy that expands the county's inventory rules to include leased property and permits negotiated sales with installment agreements or lease options.
FRANKLIN COUNTY, Wash.
The Franklin County Board of Commissioners on March 12 adopted Ordinance O1-2025, a new property-management policy that requires the county to inventory property the county owns and property the county leases and gives the county authority to use negotiated sales and installment contracts when selling county property. The measure passed after a public hearing and a brief discussion among commissioners and staff.
The ordinance was revised since the last workshop series to add language specifying that the county's inventory should cover property "owned, leased or with the county" so leases the county holds from third parties are tracked as well as county-owned parcels. County staff also inserted language clarifying that negotiated sales may include seller-financed installment agreements or contracts by which the buyer pays purchase price plus interest in installments over time. The ordinance preserves an ability for staff to correct scrivener errors when the code is codified.
County staffer Mr. Briggs introduced the ordinance at the public hearing, described the changes made after three prior workshops and noted the added language permitting leases and installment-sale provisions. Commissioner Balin praised Briggs for his work and said the revised document gave the county more flexibility than earlier drafts. No members of the public spoke during the hearing.
After the hearing Commissioner Balin moved to approve the ordinance; the motion was seconded and the board voted to adopt Ordinance O1-2025. County staff said the ordinance is intended to be a practical tool to enable the county to manage, lease or sell surplus property with greater flexibility, including carrying forward purchase-and-sale agreements and offering installment payment terms when appropriate.
What the ordinance does and what it does not: the policy requires a fuller inventory of county property including county-held leases; it expressly authorizes negotiated sale terms including installment payments; it allows correction of minor scrivener errors during codification. It does not itself identify specific parcels for sale or lease and does not, by text of the ordinance, transfer or sell particular property without later, separate action.
Next steps: County staff said they would proceed with codification and implementation and will present any specific sale, lease or installment-sale transactions to the board for authorization when those arise.
