Suwannee Commissioners elect to look at different property for fire station

Christian Peterson reporter.riverbendnews@gmail.com On Tuesday, Feb. 6, the Suwannee County Board of County Commissioners met for its regularly scheduled meeting. The meeting quickly turned to an update from Tim Parsens with Liberty Partners, who told the board that the county would be receiving $4 million for three different grants. After this, the board moved to hear its first time-specific item, which was to consider purchasing a parcel to be used for a fire station. County Attorney Adam Morrison explained that the asking price for the property was $500,000. However, the county had an appraisal done and the property was appraised at $340,000. Morrison further explained that, in his in