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Dickinson Supervisors Vote To Sell Former County Road Facility To Milford Municipal Utilities

October 19, 2021 Steve Schwaller

(Milford)– The Dickinson County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously today (Tues.) to sell the former county shop property in Milford to Milford Municipal Utilities. The county will be required to dispose of a fuel barrel with the rest of the property, including the buildings, being sold as is. It includes a stipulation the county be out of there by September 30th, 2022. The county still uses the facility for cold storage, along with a fuel pump on the site. County Engineer Dan Eckert said he was concerned with the deadline, saying ideally he would like to have that extended. But he said he was confident they could make it work.

Supervisor Tim Fairchild spoke in favor of selling the site with the September 30th, 2022 deadline in place…

“I guess what I look at is what is the long term goal of Dickinson county? I don’t think we want to own that property indefinitely. This is a pretty good opportunity to move it into an intergovernmental agency where it’s going to help a lot of taxpayers in Milford and the surrounding area, whoever benefits from MMU.”

Fellow Supervisor Kim Wermersen said he’s in favor as well, so long as the bumped up timeline for MMU to take possession doesn’t wind up costing the county…

“If we’re comfortable with the fact that we can do this in a faster pace, so be it. That would be great. I think it’s a great opportunity for us to do the intergovernmental thing like you’re talking about. I think that’s important. I just don’t want it to get to the point where it costs us more than it needs to. That’s my only concern.”

Eckert told the supervisors the items currently stored at the Milford location would likely be moved to the current county shop facility in Spirit Lake, which will be moving to a new location on the east side of the city. County officials say that, in turn, will affect the county’s timeline for selling the current facility in Spirit Lake.

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