Gilmer County commissioners have settled on additional office space for the county.
Following a nine minute executive session June 10, the board voted unanimously to purchase the building, parking lot and an additional lot behind at 36 Mulberry Street in East Ellijay.
Gilmer County Chair Charlie Paris was authorized to execute the documents to purchase the property at a cost of $1.25 million.
Last year, as part of the county’s supplemental improvement plan, commissioners proposed building a courthouse annex to provide overflow office space for the various county offices. Instead of building a new structure, the Mulberry Street building will fulfill this role.
Listed as 19,166 square feet on the Gilmer County Tax Assessor’s website, the last sale of the building, without the additional lot, was listed at $750,000. It was valued at $867,800 on the 2024 assessment. The lot behind the building was valued at $54,000.
The original asking price was $1,650,000, according to the chair.
Paris said the board would begin getting an idea of what departments would be relocating beginning with this week’s board meetings.