The Smithville aldermen Monday night awarded a bid for the removal of a vacant two story brick house at 929 Allen’s Chapel Road near the airport which has been declared by the city as surplus property.
The city recently had to purchase the house for demolition and the trees around it will have to be removed because of FAA regulations prohibiting obstructions within the airport’s glide zone. The home was purchased using TDOT Aeronautics grant funds. The city’s local grant match was 5%. Two bids were received for removal of the house including $1,100 from Mr. and Mrs. R.E. Morgan of Hillsboro and $523 from Chad Hale of Smithville. The bid was awarded to the Morgan’s. The specs call for the removal of the house and three trees around it, filling in the basement, and putting the property back in mowing condition.
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