>I know this is the wrong place to ask this, but is that above comment correct? Did the town really give this church $10,000 to tear down the house? I called Village Hall today, asked the question, and I got transferred for 20 minutes… engineering, zoning, parks dept, etc. No one would comment.
Not sure of the answer. The word I got was that the Church was paying just over $20K for the job. However, the Church was not obligated to fill in the hole left behind, nor to do other site work in preparation for the property being turned into a park ,perhaps the $10K covers that work; i.e., filling in the hole, leveling the land, and removing the fence.
>The fly responds to questions…
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>Whatever attorney prepared the contract outlining the Church’s obligation regarding structure demolition and site preparation obviously forgot something. So, the taxpayers get jammed in the butt regardless.
>Here you go:
Village Council Work Session, August 1st. Motion to go to Closed Session…
Lock the doors. First up, Item 11a) West Side Church – 54 South Monroe
>The Church was required to remove all structures from the property… including the foundation. This was written into the contract to buy the house for $1.00 from the Village. This was also written into the RFQ when the Village put the “removal of house and free-standing garage” out to bid. Any private party, spec builder, or church, … had to meet these requirements to be considered.
Didnt this house cost Ridgewood up near $700,000? Now we’re being hit with another $10,000?
More importantly, how can the Village give money to a private party to help them meet a contractual obligation?
I’d like a $10,000 tax credit. Where can I sign up?
>Didn’t the Village then screw the church by not letting them move the house where they wanted…after they let the church burn down to the ground…
just the church’s perspective…they bought a building that the town wouldn’t let them use.
>Yes.. they bought it for an entire $1.00, and the taxpayers paid nearly $700,000 for the house.
A builder I do business with researched the house, knowing that it had good bones and would be sold for next to nothing. It was detailed in the Village’s Request for Proposal that whomever bought it would have to move the structure or tear it down within 6 months. He decided not to get involved, citing the potential costs and limited options within that time frame.
Meanwhile, the church was given 6 months to move it, but were allowed to string this along for 3 years.
Ultimately, who do you think financed this? You did.