PARIS — Selectmen on Monday rejected a $15,000 bid on the Pine Street Fire Station, the only one it received.
The board directed Town Manager Phil Tarr to get quotes from local real estate agents on a six-month contract to buy the old fire station.
The one bid for the property came from Devlin Longley of Moody Brook Road, who offered $15,141.30. The board unanimously rejected the offer. Tarr said the building is worth about $50,000.
The station hasn’t been used since the town built one on Western Avenue years ago. When the board last discussed the matter in April, selectmen were told the building would cost $27,000 to demolish, not counting hazardous waste removal. Since then, Tarr said the estimated cost of waste disposal would be about $105,000.
Last year, the board decided selling the station was the most cost-effective option, and opted to advertise the building for sale to save the commission cost of a real estate broker.
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