A court ordered public auction of the former NABORS Sanitation office on Rossi Road in Mountain Home has finally been scheduled.A notice from a Mountain Home auction service notes the sale of the commercial buildings and property is set for Saturday, July 11, at 9 a.m. An open house is set for July 9 from 11 a.m. until noon.The auction is set to include a 2,795-square-foot office building, located at 1305 Rossi Road. It is described as having nine offices, three bathrooms and four acres with a fenced yard area and an attached shop building.
The auction will also include a shop building, located at 1206 Rossi Road, with .79 of an acre. The 1,920-square-foot shop building has a fenced yard area.
The sale of the property was on the agenda earlier this month when the Ozark Mountain Solid Waste District Board of Directors met. The district includes Baxter, Boone, Marion, Newton and Searcy counties, with Carroll having withdrawn from the group in 2019. Its board is comprised of each county judge and the mayors of all Class I cities within the district’s boundaries.
The scheduled public auction follows the sale of the rolling stock on the property in 2017. At that time, Baxter County Judge Mickey Pendergrass served as chair of the board.
He told KTLO, Classic Hits and The Boot news then, after a three-year delay, Judge Tim Fox of Pulaski County approved the sale of the rolling stock, following the acceptance of a bid.
The value of the rolling stock at both the landfill and the two locations on Rossi Road was set at $487,000, with the proceeds applied toward the debt incurred to purchase the NABORS waste hauling operation, including the local landfill.
The property on Rossi Road has been vacant for some time.
In April 2019, a break-in was discovered at the site. Judge Pendergrass said at the time the unoccupied building was being used for storage and contained items such as office equipment and furniture. However, nothing other than a box of bank statements was missing.
A Mountain Home Police Department report of the break-in noted there were signs someone has been squatting in the structure.
In addition to the public auction, the solid waste district board is seeking a new director.
In its May meeting, the board voted to terminate its contract with a company whose employee had served as the district’s director for the past 11 years.
The board then selected Bill Lord as its interim director.
A job description for the director’s position is posted on the board’s website. It notes the director will contract with the board of directors to provide all administrative functions required by state laws and regulations regarding solid waste management districts.
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