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Grimes County commissioners refer offer, authorize sealed bids and market three county properties
Summary
The Grimes County Commissioners Court referred an offer on the former county clerk's building to the county attorney, authorized sealed bids with a $235,000 minimum for 225 Fenthorpe Street and directed staff to post a for-sale sign for 7.582 acres on Veterans Memorial Drive in Navasota.
Grimes County Commissioners Court on Wednesday referred an offer for the county clerk's former building at 101 South Main Street in Anderson to the county attorney, authorized sealed bids with a $235,000 minimum for 225 Fenthorpe Street in Anderson and directed staff to place a for-sale sign for 7.582 acres on Veterans Memorial Drive in Navasota.
The action came after the court reconvened from an executive session on agenda item 25, described on the record as deliberation regarding real property under Texas Government Code 551.072. County Judge Joe Fowles read the items before the court and then opened the floor to motions.
Commissioner David Tullis moved to refer an offer on the county clerk's former building at 101 South Main Street to the county attorney for review of statutory permissibility; Commissioner Chad Mallett seconded the motion. The court voiced assent and the referral carried. For the Anderson property at 225 Fenthorpe Street, Commissioner Chad Mallett moved to solicit sealed bids with a minimum opening bid of $235,000; Commissioner Philip Cox seconded the motion and the court approved it. On the 7.582-acre tract on Veterans Memorial Drive in Navasota, County Judge Joe Fowles moved to place a for-sale sign including the county's contact email address; Commissioner Michael Rasca seconded and the court approved the motion.
The court did not put detailed vote tallies on the record beyond the oral "aye" responses captured during the meeting. The motions were limited to next steps: legal review of one written offer, opening sealed bids for the Anderson parcel with a stated minimum, and public marketing (a for-sale sign) for the Navasota acreage.
The items discussed were listed on the agenda as county-owned properties in the town of Anderson and a parcel in Navasota. The court indicated it had completed an executive session on the real-property deliberation before taking these public actions; the record cites Texas Government Code 551.072 as the basis for the closed deliberation.
No deadlines for the sealed-bid process, appraisal or price expectations beyond the $235,000 minimum were specified on the public record. The identity of any prospective buyer for 101 South Main Street was not stated; the mayor was thanked for an offer but the court deferred to the county attorney to determine whether it could be accepted under state law.
The court moved on after taking the three actions on agenda item 25.
