ROCKFORD — City Council members have moved forward with plans to demolish the historic Elks Lodge No. 64 while the owner continues to work to sell the property, including a pitch for the city to buy it.
The owner’s attorney has pitched selling the 113-year-old structure at the corner of West Jefferson and North Wyman streets to the city for $250,000, according to City Administrator Todd Cagnoni and Alderman Mark Bonne.
That offer came after Mario Tarara, the attorney for property owner Mark McInnis, told the city that they were in negotiations with a potential buyer. McInnis previously told the Rock River Current the same information and said so again on Tuesday. They have not disclosed who the potential buyer is. Cagnoni said the city also asked Tarara for the potential buyer’s contact information…