Christian County commissioners voted to accept a nearly two million dollar grant from FEMA. That money will allow the county to buy and demolish the Riverside Inn in Ozark.

If the sale goes through, Christian County owns the property forever, but "forever" is leading to some controversial questions.

"All in favor? Aye. Aye. Aye," the commissioners voted.

It's official: this property could drastically change.

"Acquire and demolish the Riverside Inn restaurant," Sheila Huddleston from SEMA says.

Some feelings of sadness, hearing the days are numbered for this 86-year-old piece of Ozark history.

"I hated to see Riverside go," once concerned citizen says.

But onto the question of the day.

"Once the county gets it, what's the county going to do with it?" another concerned citizen asked.

The county can't sell the property, but what it can do is transfer the deed to a government entity. For example: turn this riverside restaurant into a riverside park.

"Could the city of Ozark have taken it over as an entity over the county?" a concerned citizen asks.

The answer to that question is yes. But, we learned Monday the city passed the buck to the county, and the restaurant's owners chose not to tell customers they were applying for the FEMA grant, leading some people in this room to question the whole plan.

"I think that's what people are most unhappy about: the secrecy," one concerned citizen asks.

"We don't want a CCC -- a Christian County Con again," Nelson Butler asks.

Supporters call the plan a win-win for taxpayers and for the current owners.

"The county knows that it's the place for it, and they're getting it for free," Stacie Bilyeu says. "I don't know what you people are complaining about, but this is a no-brainer."

And Riverside Inn owner Eric Engel weighed in with some words of caution.

"Let the river tell you what you're going to do," Engel says. "Whatever you put up, you better be careful. Because it'll just go."

The restaurant flooded three times last year, and it even flooded twice in October.

Commissioners pointed out the move might even save tax dollars because the Riverside Inn has an expensive insurance policy through FEMA, and that does cost the city of Ozark some cash.