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The previous Westgate Elementary School is located along Peppered Avenue in Cadiz. Harrison County commissioners signed a deal with the school district Wednesday to acquire the 7-acre assets for $200,000.

CADIZ — Harrison County will soon own the former Westgate Elementary College home following signing a actual estate obtain deal Wednesday morning.
Commissioners entered into the settlement with the Harrison Hills Town Faculty District Board of Instruction to order the former faculty web page, which is made up of 7.86 acres, for $200,000. Commissioners Dale Norris, Don Bethel and Paul Coffland unanimously authorized and signed the contract in the course of the meeting. Norris, who confirmed desire in the assets at first, declined to comment on the agreement signing when asked if he experienced everything to increase for the duration of the dialogue part adhering to the contract’s acceptance. He jokingly extra that he would discuss it after they figure out what will be likely into the developing.
Pursuing the assembly, Coffland mentioned they opted to order the residence as it would be the county’s best and most inexpensive possibility if the board of commissioners would want to extend its or other county workplaces.
“We made a decision it was a fantastic plan to order the web site, specifically the way bids and making materials are correct now. You could not create anything at all for $200,000 suitable now if we required to,” he said.
Coffland said they are continuing to examine options on what the constructing could be utilized for in the long run.
“We’re likely to have to do a good bit of dialogue to determine out the best public use and business office departments that could use that area,” he reported. “We have way too a lot of alternatives suitable now, and we’re heading to have to come to a decision what is the finest for the community to entry the facility.”
Norris mentioned that some of the places of work may perhaps be utilized for county departments or for other entities, but he did not get into particulars.
Renovations for the creating will be dependent on what departments will make use of the making, Coffland claimed.
In the meantime, Bethel explained the most hard aspect is going to be retaining the much more than 7 acres of land. The faculty district is currently dependable for the grounds being mowed and taken care of. This accountability will slide to the county as soon as the sale is finalized.
Following the school’s closing, the administrative workplaces for the university district have been housed in the developing for some time right up until the new college sophisticated was concluded in 2019. As soon as the administration was moved to the new campus, the facility, located at 730 Peppard Ave. in Cadiz, was utilized for storage right up until an auction of the merchandise was conducted final year. Because then the making has typically remained vacant, with the exception of a dance studio located in the back aspect of the constructing. Commissioners stated the dance studio pays the university board rent to benefit from a area in the making, anything that they have to take into consideration moving forward.
The college board authorized the sale of the previous faculty property to the county through its assembly held final 7 days. The sale really should be finalized in 60 times.