Piedmont council makes offer on park property

The Piedmont City Council agreed Tuesday  to offer former Mayor Charlie Fagan $100,000 to buy a park adjacent to the old Standard Coosa Thatcher cotton mill.  Mayor Bill Baker said Fagan had recently offered to sell the park to the city for $200,000. Council members countered with an offer of $100,000.  Council members said The city would use money it has in hand from an existing bond issue to pay for the park.  Fagan, who owns the  old mill and the park, is currently negotiating with a company that wants to buy the mill and tear it down to salvage its brick and timber for resale. If the city doesn’t buy the park, officials fear that the salvage company may.  The council also began seeking a candidate to fill the District 6 council seat, which Baker vacated to become mayor. Potential candidates must be registered to vote in district six to qualify for the position.  The council is expected to name a new council member for that district in their second meeting in November.