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The City Council rejected a bid for two foreclosed lots because the bidder failed to submit drawings or site plans to ensure the projects are appropriate.

The City of Olney will reap about $43,000 from its sale of 10 foreclosed lots to Crombie Properties of Olney, a Jacksboro-based developer that plans to build homes and duplexes on the lots, City Administrator Arpegea Pagsuberon told the Council on May 8. The City had to split the $52,000 sales price for the block of lots with Young County and the Olney Hamilton Hospital and

County Commissioners, Olney Hamilton Hospital, and school trustees cleared the way for Olney’s new housing surge by approving the sale of 10 foreclosed lots to a Jacksboro developer seeking to build homes in the northeast corner of town. The Commissioners, the hospital, and the Olney Independent School District Board of Trustees had to approve the $52,000 sale of the lots,

Olney Police Corporal Joe Logan will be making the rounds starting next month with a camera and notepad to document code violations in a sweep aimed at cleaning up the City’s derelict properties and tearing down condemned structures.

The Olney City Council discussed whether to use the money earned from the sale of 10 foreclosed lots to fund a building permit department that could expedite approval and inspections for the building boom expected in the City this year.