Funding still needed for South Henderson School


The demolition of the old South Henderson School didn’t get the final boost it needed in Washington last week, but Mayor Clem Seifert said the city will get the project done.

Seifert asked for $10,000 for landfill fees from Rep. G.K. Butterfield during the congressman’s visit to Henderson on Feb. 24. The congressman couldn’t deliver that money during Henderson’s lobbying trip last week.

“He said $25,000 is not a whole lot; why doesn’t the city just write the check?” Seifert said in an interview Friday. Henderson would have to pay a price in the range of $25,000 to purchase the 2-acre site from Stewart Clark.

The property owner has taken care of the removal of most of the asbestos from the decaying building, and Henderson native Allen Stallings has agreed to demolish the structure for free in exchange for the right to salvage the bricks. The remaining obstacle to the long-awaited demolition is the estimated $10,000 in landfill fees for the unsalvageable debris, much of which will be contaminated with asbestos.

Seifert pushed for the City Council to take action on the school demolition, but Henderson’s weak finances stand in the way.

“It’s hard to push for more,” Seifert said.

The possibility of purchasing the school site came up during a closed session of the council Feb. 28. The mayor said the city could put a community center or a park on the land.

He said he talked to state Rep. Michael Wray on Thursday about the possibility of a state appropriation for the project.

Other approaches are possible, Seifert said. He mentioned forming a nonprofit organization that could raise the money or simply arranging for the demolition bills to come due in July, after the start of the new fiscal year, when the city could set aside money in the budget for the project.

“We hope that gets worked out in the very near future,” Seifert said.

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