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Authorize the sale of property on Bushnell Avenue
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RESOLUTION INTRODUCED BY ROBERT A. DOHERTY, CHAIRMAN OF THE LEGISLATURE AND GEORGE E. CONKLIN, III, CHAIR OF THE MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET COMMITTEE AUTHORIZING THE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY ON BUSHNELL AVENUE, MONTICELLO, NEW YORK.
Legislators Doherty, and Conklin offer the following:
WHEREAS, Sullivan County Owns the site of the old Sullivan County jail and Sheriff’s complex on Bushnell Ave, in the Village of Monticello, County of Sullivan, described as a portion of Section 112 Block 7 and Lot 17; and
WHEREAS: The County of Sullivan has determined that the County has no official use for said parcels of Real Property; and
WHEREAS, The County of Sullivan has elected to make the property available for economic development purposes as it legally permissible basis upon which to overcome the requirement that the parcels be subject to auction or bid and be sold to the highest bidder; and
WHEREAS: Mendel Stern or such entity formed prior to closing has expressed an interest in purchasing the property to be used to develop housing; and
WHEREAS, The County of Sullivan recognizes that the property would address a growing need for workforce housing within the County of Sullivan and the Village of Monticello , and
WHEREAS, after lengthy discussion and consultation with counsel this Legislature views a transfer of said parcels of Real Property as consistent with the best interests of the County of Sullivan’s economic development interest;
NOW THEREFORE IT IS:
RESOLVED: That the County Manager or the Chairman of the Sullivan County Legislature is hereby authorized to enter into a contract to transfer the parcel of Real Property situated and located in the Town of Thompson, County of Sullivan and the former location of the Sullivan County Jail and Office of the Sullivan County Sheriff on Bushnell Ave in the Village of Monticello; and it is further
RESOLVED: That the purchase price for said parcels of real property in the amalgam shall be One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00).
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