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Marion County Land Bank reorganizes board, adopts 2025 budget to send to commissioners
Summary
The Marion County Land Bank reorganized its board for 2025, approved minutes and financials, and adopted a 2025 budget that will be forwarded to the Board of County Commissioners for approval. Members discussed adding a small county-owned parcel in Peabody to the land bank and agreed to research legal constraints before the next meeting.
The Marion County Land Bank reorganized its board for 2025 at its Jan. 8 meeting, electing a new chair and vice chair, approving last meeting minutes and financials, and adopting a proposed 2025 budget to forward to the Marion County Board of Commissioners for approval.
The reorganization began when a member nominated Kent for chair; nominations were closed and the membership approved the slate by voice vote. Clark Dursch was nominated and approved as vice chair. The land bank’s secretary and other members were recorded participating in the roll call and votes.
The land bank’s financial report for 2024 showed no revenues or expenditures and a balance of $17,239 in the Atlanta Bank fund. Members voted to accept the financial report for 2024. The board also approved minutes from the Oct. 7 meeting.
In what members described as a routine review of inventory, staff reported the land bank holds a single six‑foot piece of property at Marion County Lake and identified a very small triangular parcel in Peabody that the county owns and that staff believes should be transferred into the land bank. Members noted the triangle lies in a flood plain and agreed staff must research legal constraints and the applicable procedures before placing it into the land bank.
The board reviewed a proposed 2025 budget that largely mirrored the 2024 budget. The draft assumes the possibility of up to $1,000 in property sales and budgets for publications, demolition, supplies and contractual services; total expenditures were shown equal to the potential receipts. A member moved to approve the 2025 budget and the motion passed. Members recorded that the adopted budget must be transmitted to and approved by the Board of County Commissioners during a regular commission meeting.
Members set the next Land Bank meeting for April 7. No votes were reported on property disposition at this meeting; the Peabody parcel discussion concluded with direction to research legal and flood‑plain issues and return findings at the next meeting.
Meeting housekeeping items included a brief discussion of a pending tax sale timetable (members said scheduling was uncertain but hoped for January) and routine packet distribution tasks. The meeting adjourned after the scheduled business was completed.
Ending: The land bank will return these items, including further research on the Peabody parcel, to its April meeting and will forward the approved 2025 budget to the Board of County Commissioners for consideration.
