The Carbon Hill City Council voted Thursday night to get the National Guard Armory property, ending a long issue that began in the Phillip Howard administration when the decision was made by the state to close the armory.
The council essentially will only pay $17,000 for the property. Lt. Col. Mark Weeks (Ret.), in representing the state, wrote an e-mail to Carbon Hill Mayor Chris Hart, which Hart read at Thursday night's meeting. The state agreed to a price of $50,000, but the price had a credit of $33,000. Hart said essentially the city would write a check for $17,000.
The transaction will include the property in "as is" condition and excludes a metal storage building that has already been removed, Hart said. The decision was unanimous except for Councilman Horace Jones, who stepped out of the room momentarily.
Councilman Scott Wright said just the land alone was worth the purchase price.
Hart said after the meeting the site will be used as part of park improvements and that he hopes to get grants to renovate the building. Hart said the overall park complex would be a youth center, with the armory useful as a basketball court and as a community center where birthday parties and other events could be held.
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