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Supervisors debate local law to allow privately negotiated sales, say it could speed easements
Summary
County staff described a proposed local law that would let the county sell or lease property via privately negotiated transactions rather than always using competitive public bidding; supporters called it a needed tool for timely easements and economic development, while others urged sending the measure back to committee over long-term authority concerns.
County staff and supervisors spent substantial time discussing a proposed local law designed to give Livingston County flexibility to sell or lease county-owned real property through privately negotiated transactions rather than always using a highest-bidder public-advertising process.
County staffer Shane Hillier explained the legal distinction turns on how title was acquired: parcels obtained through tax foreclosure allow different…
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