Churchill County Commissioners approved the purchase of the buildings and property located at 270 S. Maine Street last week during their regular board meeting.
County Manager Jim Barbee said there is unease with some of the funds the county had been awarded by the state during COVID. “We’ve had communications recently with the governor’s office and there are some concerns about some of the funds that have been awarded the county and working through a claw-back process. That and complications and costs for the construction of a new Central Nevada Health District facility. It became apparent we would need to look at some other options,” he said.
The property is roughly 11,000 square feet of space, with three stories, a basement, with an additional two-story storage facility of 8,000 square feet. There are also two dirt lots located behind the property that utilizing grant funding could be improved to make parking for staffing.
“This would be the one-stop-shop that would combine Social Services and the Central Nevada Health District across the board,” said Barbee.
At roughly $50 per sq. ft., and office space currently going at over $200 per sq ft., Barbee said, “We feel like this will be a great way to help move things forward.” The building is generally in good shape, but there will be some modifications that will be made with grant funding.
According to the agenda packet information, the State of Nevada has provided grant money to the county for a health district building totaling nearly $1.6 million. “Moving forward with this building will accelerate the timeline to provide a move-in ready building,” said the language in the board packet.
Once the appraisal is complete the purchase will come back to the commissioners for final approval.
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