Apr. 19, 2012
The Garrett County commissioners announced Tuesday afternoon that the Bloomington Volunteer Fire Department will purchase the former Bloomington Elementary School from the county. As a cost-saving measure, the GC Board of Education closed the facility at the end of the last school year.
Commission chair Jim Raley noted the county had advertised that the building was for sale, but no one expressed an interest in purchasing the 21,123-square-foot school building, situated on 1.25 acres.
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“So we approached the Bloomington Fire Department to see if there would be interest on its part,” Raley said. “And at this point the department has expressed an interest in purchasing the facility, with the condition that the county raze the facility in some agreeable manner.”
Based on recent discussions between the commissioners and fire department, the BVFD would pay the county $50,000 over a 10-year period for the property and the expense of razing it.
“The county would pick up any additional amounts to that,” Raley said about the razing cost. “That would give the property’s full rights and ownership to the fire department.”
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