An ordinance proposed declaring specified Main Street and batture property surplus and authorizing sale to the Plaquemines Parish School Board while reserving mineral rights and perpetual public access; the ball fields and sports park were excluded from conveyance.

The board unanimously approved campus improvement plans, voted to initiate sale negotiations for the Bridal Elementary/700 Bennett Street property, authorized legal counsel and the superintendent to proceed on a class action discussed in executive session, and approved the consent agenda.

Committee discussion revisited a 2019 resolution that gave House of Esther a 30‑day right to buy the St. Agnes property for roughly $71k; city staff said the 30‑day deadline lapsed and staff followed property disposition procedures, while community speakers said fundraising and offers later reached $107k–$108k.

Controller briefed the committee on the city's disposition process: public auction first, private bids thereafter, and a recent change to the tax-lien sale law that now requires notification to property owners; staff will prepare a 2024 in rem foreclosure list for court filing and begin planning the 2025 tax-lien sale.

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The committee approved a release of a county reverter in a 2004 quitclaim deed so the city of Trenton and DTE can use contiguous parcels; counsel said the commission’s later approval still matters, while some commissioners pressed that the deal was already executed in March and should have come to the county earlier.

Conference members agreed to language requiring timely status updates to committee chairs about disposition of state property but split over adding covenants or a state right of first refusal for historic Capital Complex sites; members discussed limits on what staff can disclose about bids.

The board approved a rewritten property‑disposition policy and cost‑recovery schedule to implement changes from Tyler v. Hennepin County and Oregon House Bill 2089 (2025); the policy routes surplus proceeds through the state treasury and allows former owners to request repurchase while counties retain direct cost recovery.

The council introduced bills to allow alternate disposition of surplus county property (instead of auction) and to authorize up to $11,050,000 in general obligation bonds for public works, roads, recreation/parks, and airport projects; both bills were introduced unanimously and set for public hearing on Aug. 4.

After extended debate over ownership, sale and community use of the Claxton School property, the committee voted to form a task force including the mayor, law director and local commissioners to develop options and guard against hasty sales.