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Commission fails to approve purchase of 2100 Main Street after appraisals diverge; vote lacked required supermajority
Summary
A proposal to purchase 2100 Main Street for downtown correctional-campus planning failed to reach the four-vote supermajority required for the transaction. County and owner appraisals diverged; the seller asked $4.87 million while the county-contracted appraisals averaged about $3.1 million. Commissioners debated strategic value, resale risk and alternatives such as city-owned parking sites.
A motion to authorize a county purchase of 2100 Main Street for potential correctional campus and related planning failed on April 22 after the commission could not muster the four affirmative votes required for the real-estate transaction. The property had been offered at $4.87 million; two county-contracted appraisals averaged $3.1 million while appraisals provided by the seller averaged about $4.8 million. Staff said county appraisers later met with private appraisers to reconcile differences;…
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