White Salmon Valley School Board members recently voted to accept an offer for surplus property located off of NE Spring Street in White Salmon. The property was donated to the district over a decade ago.
White Salmon Valley School Board members recently voted to accept an offer for surplus property located off of NE Spring Street in White Salmon. The property was donated to the district over a decade ago.
The White Salmon Valley School Board (WSVSB) held a special meeting Friday morning, Oct. 9, at the district office to vote on the sale of a surplus property located on NE Spring Street in White Salmon.
“This has been in our meetings for a year,” explained Superintendent Jerry Lewis. “It’s a small little piece, a very narrow piece, over off Spring Street.” One passes the parcel when passing the trailer park on Spring Street. The purpose of the meeting was to have a resolution for the title company.
“It’s a piece, up until fairly recently, [the School Board] didn’t even realize we owned,” explained WSVSB member Paul Mosbrucker, “it had been donated back to the school… back in the ‘60s or ‘70s, something like that.” The property was surplused a little over a year ago by the district.
“We went through the process of an open public hearing to surplus it because it has no benefit for the district. We could never put a building on it or anything,” explained Lewis.
The meeting was called to order by Mosbrucker. Three board members created a quorum Friday; board members Kris Kreps and David Karlson were absent from the meeting. The board passed a resolution to accept an out-of-town individual’s offer of $40,000 to the White Salmon Valley School District for the surplus property located on NE Spring Street.
Alan Reitz made the motion to approve the resolution to accept the offer. Wayne Goodrich seconded after asking about the buyer. The deal is closing quickly Lewis said and “there’s no conflict of interests.”
After the initial agreement board members signed the resolution to accept the offer and closed the public meeting.
“The money that we get from [the sale], we’re going to reduce debt,” said Goodrich. The money obtained from the sale will go toward paying down non-voter bonds, explained Lewis.
“It’s been for sale for a long time,” noted Lewis.
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