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Grant County, kX'ashington
A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE SALE OF
GRANT COUNTY PROPERTY LOCATED IN RESOLUTION NO. 01 -119 -CC
EPHRATA, WASHINGTON, AND CALLING
FOR A PUBLIC AUCTION
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COI JNTY COMMISSIONERS OF GRANT
COUNTY, WASHINGTON: FINDING THAT IT APPEARS THAT IT IS FOR
THE BEST INTERESTS OF GRANT COI JNTY AND THE PEOPLE THEREOF
THAT THE GRANT COUNTY PROPER) Y AS SET FORTH HEREIN SHOULD
BE SOLD; SETTING A MINIMUM BID. REQUESTING THAT THE GRANT
COUNTY TREASURER HOLD A PUBLIC AUCTION REGARDING SAME;
AND PROVIDING FOR OTHER MATTER S PROPERLY RELATING THERETO.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD O F COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF GRANT
COUNTY, WASHINGTON, as follows:
WHEREAS, Grant County, Washington (the "County"), is a Class 3 County, duly organized
and existing under the Constitution and the laws of the State of Washington; and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners (the `BOCC") is authorized to conduct
proceedings and to sell surplus property when it appears that it is for the best interests of the County
and the people thereof that the Grant County property should be sold, pursuant to the limitations and
restrictions and in the manner provided in chapter 30,34 RC W; and
WHEREAS, the County recently purchased real property located at 440 151 Street NW,
Ephrata, Grant County, Washington, Grant County Parcel No. 14 0964 000.
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WHEREAS, said property shares a contiguous property line with the existing County
campus in Ephrata; and
WHEREAS, the fixtures and improvements on said property, i.e., house and garage, do not
permit the highest and best use of the property by the County; and
WHEREAS, the County will be required to expend public funds to remove the fixtures and
improvements currently existing on said property p,ior to preparing the real property for a use
compatible with existing County needs; and
WHEREAS, the BOCC has been presented with a proposal from a member of the public
inquiring as to the purchase removal of fixtures and improvements on the aforementioned County
property; and
WHEREAS, the subject property, i.e., fixtures and improvements, is not in current use by
the County, and is not needed by the County; and
WHEREAS, it appears that it is for the best interests of the County and the people thereof
that the subject County property should be sold. and
WHEREAS, the statutory notice of intention to sell property requirements regarding the
aforementioned public hearing were followed by the County; and
WHEREAS, the BOCC considered the sale of the subject personal property during the
public hearing held pursuant to law on July 24, 2001. at 1:30 p.m., in the Commissioners' Hearing
Room, Grant County Courthouse, 37 "C" Street N�k Ephrata, Washington; and
WHEREAS, during the public hearing, the BOCC considered the proposal to dispose of the
subject property and admitted evidence offered for and against the propriety and advisability of the
proposed action to sell the subject County property, ,md
WHEREAS, no objections to the County's sale of the subject property were presented to
the BOCC during the aforementioned public hearing
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, as follows:
Section l: The BOCC has found and determined that it appears that it is for the best interests
of Grant County and the people thereof that the t bun, y property as set forth herein, i.e., house and
garage, should be sold as a unit.
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Section 2: The BOCC intends to offer the subject property for sale for the minimum bid of
Fifteen Thousand and No/10013ollars ($15,000.00), upon such terms and conditions as to the BOCC
may seem right in the premises.
Section 3: The Grant County Treasurer is hereby directed to hold and supervise a public
auction on the proposition as set forth herein, in accordance with law.
Section 4: All actions heretofore taken in connection with the proposal to dispose of the
subject County property by the BOCC, employees and/or agents of the County that are not
inconsistent with the provisions of this Resolution arc hereby ratified, confirmed and approved.
Section 5: All resolutions or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the
extent of said conflict. This Resolution shall be in ef'ecl from and after its date of adoption.
Section 6: County staff shall prepare the necessary papers for the sale of the subject County
property upon such terms and conditions as the 1300' deems just and right in the premises as set
forth herein, in accordance with law.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board o' County Commissioners of Grant County,
Washington, this day of July, 2001.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
GRANT COUNTY, WASHINGTON
LeRoy (. Allis Chair
Tim SncadjMenliber
Deborah Kav Moore, Member
ATTEST:
Peggy G i ,Clerk of tidBoard
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