Aurora, Grafton OK deal
18.06.2008 19:00
Health
- Source: JS Online
Aurora Health Care and the Grafton Village Board have completed a deal that gives Aurora more parking room for its new hospital and medical building in Grafton and helps the village construct a new public works facility. “This is another step in the process that allows the hospital project to move forward, and the village will get another DPW facility that they have been seeking for some time,” Ron Irwin, an Aurora spokesman, said Tuesday. Village Administrator Darrell Hofland said, “It’s a win-win for the village and for Aurora.” On Monday night, the Grafton Village Board approved selling a village-owned 6.88-acre parcel on Badger Circle to Aurora for $447,200. Last month, the board decided the land, which the village bought for $447,200 in August for the Public Works Department, instead should house a private-sector business. Hofland said the village did not solicit bids for the land it is selling to Aurora and was under no obligation to do so. As part of the deal, Aurora agreed to pay the village almost $2.4 million this year — an increase of $452,800 over what was previously pledged — toward constructing the public works facility. The increased amount is anticipated to be needed to improve a N. Green Bay Road site where the public works facility is planned. Aurora also agreed to move up when it will contribute about $1.4 million toward a Village Hall capital project, from 2012 to 2009. Grafton has approved buying the Brooks Stevens Design building, 860 Badger Circle, for $1.2 million in anticipation that the building will become the new Village Hall. In the final part of the deal Monday, the Village Board also approved spending $660,000 for three properties along Green Bay Road for the new public works facility. The properties include two houses and a vacant lot at 887, 901-903 and 927 N. Green Bay Road. The three properties total 6.53 acres and are near Shoreland Lane. Hofland said the private properties are centrally located and should result in lower travel times for the public works staff, less wear on equipment and reduced fuel costs. Hofland said the village expects to close on the property sales in late August or September and to occupy the new public works facility in 2010.
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