Council's action will allow the town to negotiate sale price on two buildings on Ringold St.
Council declares these two buildings as surplus property
In its effort to get out of the real estate business and sell buildings owned by the town of Flomaton, the town council voted Monday afternoon to declare the buildings at 2114 and 2116 Ringold St., as surplus property, which will allow the town to negotiate the sale price without having to bid out the sale.
Should the town put the buildings up for bids, state law would require the minimum bid to be at least the appraised value.
Mayor Dewey Bondurant, Jr., told the council that he had someone interested in purchasing one building. Both buildings are connected with the same roof.
In other business Monday, the council:
- Heard from Utilities Superintendent Shaun Moye about more vandalism at Oaks Common Park on Martin Luther King Drive. Moye said the automatic dispensers in the bathrooms had been ripped off the walls.
In an effort to combat vandalism problems at all town parks, the council voted to set the hours the parks are open from 4:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. People inside the parks outside those hours are now subject to being charged with trespassing.
- Also heard from Moye, who said town employees would be undergoing training this Wednesday and Thursday with anticipation that the town will be able to use state inmates on town property by the end of the week. The use of inmates was suspended in the wake of COVID-19.
- Set Saturday, Oct. 30 between the hours of 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. as the date for trick-or-treating.
