How to resolve AdBlock issue? BALLSTON SPA – In a Dec. 21 statement released by Gramercy Communications, the Saratoga County Board of Supervisors announced that an agreement was finalized with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to split proceeds from any sale of the former county nursing home in the Town of Providence.
The EPA also remediated asbestos contamination found at the site, which is located north of Route 29.
“This agreement will allow us to move forward with the foreclosure of the property and eventually be sold at an upcoming Saratoga County property auction for foreclosed parcels, getting it back on the tax rolls as quickly as possible,” said County Attorney Stephen Dorsey.
“The EPA has spent more than $1.6 million in cleaning this site, making what once was considered an environmentally hazardous site into a site ripe for development and job creation in our town,” said Providence Supervisor John Collyer.
In the agreement, at the time of the sale the county will receive any back taxes owed on the property, and the remainder of the revenue will be split between the county and the EPA. The EPA will receive 90 percent of the sale price, and the county 10 percent.
