Jefferson County Land Bank approves multiple lot sales, tables one application

The Jefferson County Board of Commissioners recessed and re-opened as the Jefferson County Land Bank Board to consider several land-bank sale applications. Community Development Director Stephan Metzger presented deeds and staff recommendations; the board approved multiple sales and authorized Metzger to sign on the board’s behalf.

Approved sales recorded in the minutes include: Jeannie Hanson (lots 429–432, Lakeside Village, Hickory Hills) for $2,000 total ($500 per lot); Michael and Lisa Eisele (lots 493, 495, 497, Lakeside Village, Hickory Hills) for $1,500 total ($500 per lot); Cory and Jessica Schenkel and Eric Shulz (three lots in Lakeridge Estates/Lakeridge; lots and blocks as recorded) for $7,500 total ($2,500 per lot); and Jessica L. George (lots 53–56, Lakeshore Estates) for $2,000 total ($500 per lot). A deed for Bryan Blanck had been held earlier pending sewer-policy updates; the board moved to sign the other deeds and allow Stephan Metzger to sign on the board’s behalf.

Todd E. Smith withdrew his application for Lot 33, and Nicole Pickens’s application was tabled after staff noted a judgment affecting the Pickens family; Stephan Metzger recommended tabling the sale. The board recessed into a brief executive session to discuss attorney–client privileged legal advice regarding real estate and, after returning, the sale was formally tabled by consensus. The Land Bank adjourned and the commission reconvened without further action recorded on the holdings.

All recorded motions on these sales passed with unanimous votes according to the minutes.