STAFF REPORT
Hays County has settled on a location for its new Precinct 2 office in Kyle.
The commissioners court on Tuesday authorized County Judge Bert Cobb to spend up to $471,950 to purchase a 3.5-acre tract on FM 2770 south of Barton Middle School. A 3,000-square-foot house on the property could be used as a temporary office while the new building is under construction, Commissioner Mark Jones said.
“We feel like it’s a good opportunity and a good location,” he said. “The price was right.”
For the past half-decade, Precinct 2 has been headquartered in the old Wells Fargo bank building on Front Street next to Kyle City Hall. But the city owns the building and wants to use it for its police station.
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Press release: Hays County Commissioners Court Selects Site for New Precinct 2 Building
Jan. 6, 2013: The Hays County Commissioners Court voted Tuesday to authorize County Judge Bert Cobb, M.D., to offer the owner of 3.495 acres at 5458 FM 2770 a contract to purchase the land for its new Precinct 2 office building. The authorization limits the land cost to no more than $471,950.00.
The land is across FM 2770, also known as Jack C. Hays Trail, from the Plum Creek subdivision and on the south side of Crystal Meadow Drive across from Barton Middle School.
The County has been seeking a new location to accommodate a 13- to 15-thousand- square-foot building it intends to construct following an unsuccessful search for a larger rental space in Precinct 2. The County currently rents a former bank building owned by the City of Kyle at 111 N. Front Street.
“We are constructing a new Precinct 2 facility in order to better serve the citizens of Kyle and Buda, as this area continues to experience the fastest population growth in Hays County,” said Precinct 2 Commissioner Mark Jones. “The City of Kyle is eager to use the space to accommodate its growing police department, which has outgrown the building it currently occupies. Since labor and construction costs are low, and the cost of borrowing money is as well, now is a good time to build for all those reasons.”
