Town Manager says board can keep, relist or reconvene after failed 19 Hill Street sale

With the motion to sell 19 Hill Street defeated, Town Manager Harrington told attendees the board of selectmen will decide next steps and outlined three primary options: retain the parcel as town-owned land, re-list the property on the market, or call additional town meetings to reconsider the same sale. "First option, they can do nothing. They could maintain it and they could keep it as town owned land. Option two would be ... go back out under the MLS. Or option three is that the board of selectman could call additional town meetings for the exact same sale of this property," Harrington said.

Staff also confirmed there were two principal bidders and other expressions of interest during the process, indicating the board could seek new offers if it chooses to relist. The board of selectmen must decide whether to allocate resources to maintain the parcel or pursue another sale process.