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Georgetown council approves $151,000 strip-mall bid, $103,701.64 road payment and forgivable business loan
Summary
At its Sept. 15 meeting the Georgetown City Council approved a $151,000 bid for a strip-mall property, authorized $103,701.64 from Motor Fuel Tax funds for oil-and-chip street work, and approved a five‑year forgivable business loan contingent on the store remaining open, along with routine reports and permits.
The Georgetown City Council on Sept. 15 approved a $151,000 bid for a strip-mall property, authorized $103,701.64 for completed oil-and-chip street work from Motor Fuel Tax (MFT) funds, and granted a five-year forgivable loan to a business in the city’s business district, among routine administrative items.
The council voted unanimously, 6–0, to accept the higher of two strip-mall bids — $151,000 from Pallavi Patel over a $35,000 offer from TCD Holdings — after alder discussion and a motion by Alder Curt Gordon, seconded by Alder Jack Morrison. Council minutes record the decision as an approved sale; no conditions or further deliberations were recorded in the minutes.
Council also approved payment to Ribbe Trucking totaling $103,701.64 for the completed oil-and-chip work, to be paid from MFT funds. The motion (mover: Alder Robert Weaver; second: Alder Jack Morrison) passed 6–0.
In new-business action, the council approved a five-year forgivable loan for a local store in the business district, contingent on the business remaining open for the term. City Treasurer Amy Cavanaugh advised that the proposal “sounds like a decent plan to pay off the debt,” and Mayor Darin Readnour asked that the business submit quarterly financial reports to Treasurer Cavanaugh; Darren Alexander, representing the applicants, agreed that “that would not be a problem.” The council approved the loan by a 6–0 vote (motion: Alder Robert Weaver; second: Alder Stephanie Lyons). The minutes record that Darren Alexander, Sean Legacy and Makaelyn Legacy would be responsible for repaying the loan if the store closes and note a prior $20,000 payment the city made to the store in 2018.
Other approved items included routine financial and administrative motions: authorization of 34 vendor payments totaling $54,543.43 (List 893); approval of the treasurer’s and clerk’s reports; acceptance of Streets & Alleys and Water & Sewer reports describing recent maintenance, installations and testing; and approval of a solicitor permit for Conxxus limiting them to two visits per week at $100 weekly with required company shirts and identification lanyards. The council also set Halloween trick-or-treat hours for Oct. 31, 5–8 p.m., and approved switching phone service to FirstNet provided doing so would not incur penalties under any existing Verizon contract.
The meeting opened at 7:00 p.m. and adjourned at 8:01 p.m. Minutes were certified by City Clerk Jacqueline Wilson.
