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Court authorizes temporary extension for Civic Center sale and approves asbestos payments, OKs budget amendment
Summary
After a buyer's wire transfer failed, the court extended the closing for the Palestine Civic Center sale, authorized immediate payments for asbestos testing/abatement (vendors and amounts presented) and approved a budget amendment from Capital Improvements to cover the work.
The court discussed a pending sale of the Palestine Civic Center at 1819 West Spring Street after a prospective buyer's wire transfer failed to arrive. County staff said the purchaser was pursuing alternate financing; the court agreed to extend the closing to the next regular meeting and to authorize asbestos abatement payments to allow the purchaser time to secure funds.
County staff presented vendor amounts for asbestos work and certification: ERI ($9,750), Air Quality Associates ($39,833) and the Texas Department of State Health Services permit fee ($2,318), a total of $51,009. The court authorized payment and directed a budget amendment from Capital Improvements to the Civic Center project to cover the amounts. The court also authorized giving the purchaser an extension to the next meeting and recording the budget amendment (budget amendment number discussed as 57 in the transcript).
Court members said the floor removal and other remediation were complete; the purchaser had done significant preparatory work. The court approved the motions by voice votes. Staff and commissioners noted that if the buyer failed to close after the extension the county could reopen sale options under the Local Government Code rules for public sales.
