easterseals-ogoJamestown (CSi) Easter Seals Goodwill North Dakota, Inc., has signed agreements with Stutsman County, that allows the organization to borrow $625,000 to fund the $1.2 million Southwest Jamestown building project.

Easter Seals Goodwill is building an 8,400-square-foot building on two lots southeast of Hampton Inn & Suites and south of The Shoppes, strip mall on 8th Avenue Southwest.

The agreements, approved by the Stutsman County Commission between the county and Easter Seals Goodwill, authorizes the county to issue bonds and obligates the nonprofit to pay the bonds back.

The bonds are being issued under the state’s Municipal Industrial Development Act,

The agreements include a loan agreement between the county and Security First Bank of North Dakota that will provide the up-front funds for the bond and the bond agreement between the county and Easter Seals Goodwill

Stutsman County Auditor/CEO Casey Bradley says the county will be under no obligation to pay these bonds back and the bond total will not count as a debt against the county.

No one spoke at the public hearing on the request at the county commission meeting Tuesday.

The county commission also approved the total low bid of $36,619 to remodel a portion of the basement area in the Stutsman County Courthouse. The project will provide room for two new employees with state Juvenile Court.