Kent County commissioners approve resolution directing staff to investigate new locations for county operations

The Kent County Board of Commissioners on a unanimous vote adopted Resolution 82 directing the county administrator/controller to investigate options for relocating particular county operations and to pursue negotiations as appropriate.

Under the resolution, the county administrator/controller is to: (A) investigate options for locations of particular county operations; (B) enter into negotiations with owners of such locations, including executing contracts contingent on final board approval; and (C) enter into negotiations with parties interested in acquiring current county facilities, including executing contracts contingent on final board approval. The resolution specifies that no agreement will be binding on the county until the Board of Commissioners gives final approval.

Vice Chair Burrell moved the resolution; the motion was seconded by Commissioner LeGrande. Clerk called the roll after the motion and recorded 20 votes in favor and zero opposed. The chair announced the resolution was adopted 20–0.

There was no extended public debate recorded on the motion during the meeting transcript provided. The action directs staff to investigate site options and to begin negotiations that would only become binding with later approval by the Board of Commissioners.

The resolution is largely procedural: it authorizes staff to research and enter preliminary negotiations, but it does not authorize any final sale, purchase or lease on the county’s behalf. Any concrete transaction would return to the board for a separate final vote.