Pumalas offer $45,000 to buy Drummond bank building; Town Board will seek elector approval

An extra Town Board meeting on April 2, 2026, ended with the board agreeing to ask electors to consider selling the town-owned bank building after a purchase proposal from local residents Sammi and Roy Pumala.

Sammi and Roy Pumala presented a written offer to buy the bank building and property for $45,000 and outlined plans to renovate the structure to be habitable and usable for business. The Pumalas said they intend to relocate NorthStar Veterinary Clinic from its current location in Drummond into the renovated building and to create additional rentable office space for other businesses.

The meeting was called to order at 5:00 p.m. by Roy Bloom, Chair. Present were Supervisors Scott McKinney and Jeff Hurula, Clerk Andy Tuttle, Public Works Director Mark Jerome, and attendees Sammi and Roy Pumala. After the presentation and a brief discussion about future uses and the sale process, Supervisor Scott McKinney moved and Supervisor Jeff Hurula seconded a motion "to move forward with approaching the electors for approval to sell at the Annual Meeting." The motion carried; the transcript records the outcome as "CARRIED" but does not provide a roll-call tally.

Following the vote, the board asked the Pumalas to prepare a formal offer-to-purchase document for presentation to the electors at the Annual Meeting. The board did not adopt any sale documents at the extra meeting; the electorate will be asked to approve the sale at the Annual Meeting. The meeting adjourned at 5:45 p.m.

Next steps: the Pumalas will prepare the formal offer-to-purchase document and the board will place the question of whether to sell the bank building before electors at the Annual Meeting.