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 County reveals plan of building purchase web posted January 16, 2008  EDGEFIELD –
Edgefield County Council
Chairman Monroe Kneece and County Administrator John Pettigrew held a
meeting with the local press to divulge the proposed purchase of the
property currently known as the Calliham Furniture store on Penn
Street. The plan would purchase the near one-acre lot that also
connects in the rear to the Sheriff’s Office and Detention Center on
Railroad Avenue. The cost of the property is stated at $450,000.
Administrator Pettigrew said Calliham’s store would remain open for as
long as five years under the agreement.Under the proposal the county would take possession of the lower portion of the property immediately, which consists of 4,000 square feet, which would be converted into office space. Mr. Calliham would have a yearly lease agreement for up to five years on the remaining buildings for $2,000 a month. Chairman Kneece said everything the county council is doing is “above board” and that the vote to go forward was held after the Executive Session of the January 8 meeting. “I just wanted to clarify as to what we are trying to do. And, if people don’t want to do it, why – we’ll have a Public Hearing,” Chairman Kneece said adding that the purchase cannot go forward until the public hearing and three readings. Below: The portion of the building that the county would take over at the time of purchase.  The money used to
make the purchase comes from the $450,051
initial
insurance payment for the loss of the county building that once
housed
the Senior Citizen’s Building on Church Street that was destroyed by
fire last July. A second settlement for $158,465 would be received
as
soon as the county began construction of a new building or renovating
another property to replace the office space. “If we don’t do anything,
we don’t get the other $150,000,” Chairman Kneece said. The plan, Mr. Kneece said, was to look out for the needed growth of the county government complex, including the inevitable expansion of the County Detention Center. Kneece said that the purchase would also remove all county offices out of leased property as well, “I think it’s a good idea.” Administrator Pettigrew interjected, “The Sheriff says that with five to seven years we’re going to have to expand the jail,” which is currently at capacity. The only logical expansion should expand the current facility rather than build a new one, “To go out somewhere and buy land and build a facility you’re talking about five to seven million dollars,” Pettigrew said. “You’re talking a lot more than that,” Chairman Kneece said. The offices that would be moved to the new offices would include Building and Planning and E911 which are leasing property from Bettis Rainsford at $1,000 a month, Veterans Affairs, Emergency Management (EMA), Recreation, and some non-judiciary offices presently housed at the Court House. The building, originally built in 1959 and expanded in 1971, is currently being evaluated by independent appraisers and inspections to the soundness of the building and value. The Edgefield Senior Citizens Council, who occupied the majority of the building, are currently building a new $1.9 million facility that will be completed in March and will not need the use of county property. ©
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