Renovation of former Dexter health center could boost community growth
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DEXTER, Maine — A former medical center and health and fitness center will quickly have a new operator who desires to renovate it to serve as a healthcare space and for doable growth of the rising Tri-County Specialized Middle.
The former Reddy Well being Center creating that the moment experienced been Plummer Memorial Medical center will be marketed from the city to Frank Spizuoco Commercial LLC, subsequent the Dexter City Council’s acceptance of a $50,000 bid for the 51 Significant St. property during its Oct. 14 meeting.
The property was donated by Dr. Challa Reddy to the town in the spring and given that then has been leased to Frank Spizuoco Professional LLC. Last fall Spizuoco informed city officers that programming at the Tri-County Technical Heart in Dexter is escalating, and the Reddy Creating could be utilised to household future TCTC development.
Even though councilor Steve Gudroe questioned the $50,000 bid, declaring some of the properties in even worse issue in town would be sold for a lot more, councilors all voted to accept Spizuoco’s bid.
“Anytime we have a organization in Dexter that would like to move ahead, we should really grease the skids to assistance it be effective,” Councilor David Palmer claimed.
Councilor Chuck Ellms claimed the $50,000 would be revenue the city did not have prior to, and under Spizuoco’s possession the 51 Substantial St. setting up would not tumble into disrepair.
“I just want to thank you, Frank, for accomplishing it mainly because, as Chuck said, otherwise it would be an vacant making and we’re littered with empty buildings,” Council Andrew Bermudez said.
“The $50,000 is extra than we experienced and we get residence taxes now,” Councilor Heidi Kinney mentioned.
Final month, every single member of the council indicated they have been in favor of putting the 51 High St. residence up for sale. One particular bid came in.
“I experienced three people today who had been fascinated, two persons took out paperwork, and just one submitted a bid,” Town Manager Trampas King claimed.
King stated he and Spizuoco have been discussing the home since the spring. Considering the fact that then Spizuoco has created $28,000 in funds enhancements these kinds of as redoing the roof, flooring, and portray, and installing exterior lights with the hope of paying for the creating in the potential or acquiring his corporation be reimbursed need to there be a profits agreement with one more consumer.
In other company, a hazardous creating buy was declared for 85 Higher St.
“This creating cannot be fixed,” Code Enforcement Officer Al Tempesta claimed all through a community hearing held as section of the hazardous building declaration system. “It’s a unsafe developing in danger of collapsing and young children participating in about it could get damage.”
The household was ruined by a fireplace in the slide of 2020. According to the minutes of the August council meeting, King reported assets operator Katrina Mitchell of Orrington cannot manage to have the web-site cleaned up and this is not reasonable to neighbors. A lien can be placed on the parcel following cleanup.
Thirty times are now in put for the internet site to be cleaned up, following which the council can vote to proceed with getting corrective action.
The council also acknowledged a $9,300 bid — the least expensive of four — from Grants Plumbing and Heating for a boiler furnace at the Abbott Memorial Library.
King stated the set up would be performed the subsequent 7 days in progress of late fall and winter. He reported each and every bid gained would include a $1,000 heater to go beneath the library counter.
When requested, the town supervisor reported the A.E. Robinson Oil Company, which submitted two of the other 3 bids, could still services the library furnace in an emergency as the town buys gasoline from the company.
