Ordinance #11,824

ORDINANCE

STATE OF LOUISIANA
CITY OF MONROE                                                                                        NO.  11,824                

            The following Ordinance was offered by Ms.  Woods            who moved for its adoption and was seconded by Mr.  Echols                     :

AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF MONROE TO ACQUIRE FULL OWNERSHIP INTEREST OF THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED AS LOT 21, SQ 32-A UNION DEVELOPMENT CO. RESUB OUACHITA COTTON MILLS 2ND ADDITION, 1103 S 3RD ST, MONROE, LA, BY ADJUDICATION AT TAX SALE DATED JULY 6, 2012, AND FURTHER WITH RESPECT THERETO       

WHEREAS, the City of Monroe, in accordance with LA R.S. 47:2236, intends to acquire full ownership of the following lots:

LOT 21, SQ 32-A UNION DEVELOPMEN T CO. RESUB OUACHITA COTTON MILLS 2ND ADDITION, 1103 S 3RD ST, MONROE, LA. – R#59347

                WHEREAS, the above described property was adjudicated to the City of Monroe, Louisiana for non-payment of 2011 Ad Valorem Taxes by Adjudication Deed dated and filed July 6, 2012 in Conveyance Book 2295 at page 353 of the Records of Ouachita Parish, Louisiana and adjudicated to the City of Monroe, Louisiana.  The 2011 Ad Valorem Taxes forming the basis for the described adjudication was validly assessed by the City of Monroe against Wells Fargo, and    

WHEREAS, that a copy of the ordinance shall be filed with the recorder of mortgages, Ouachita Parish, and that within 30 days thereafter, the City of Monroe shall send a written notice regarding the acquisition to the tax sale parties whose interest the political subdivision intends to be terminated that the party has until the end of sixty (60) days from the date of the notice to redeem the property or otherwise challenge in a court of competent jurisdiction the acquisition, and

WHEREAS, that this notice shall constitute a notice of sale.  The sending of this notice shall constitute service of the notice of sale under Article VII, Section 25 of the Constitution of Louisiana, and

WHEREAS, that notice shall be published in the official journal of the City of Monroe, The News Star, that any tax sale party whose interest will be terminated has sixty (60) days from the date of publication to redeem the property or otherwise challenge in a court of competent jurisdiction the acquisition.

                ORDINANCE INTRODUCED on the _____ day of January, 2018.

                NOTICE PUBLISHED on the  12th  day of  January         , 2018.           

            This Ordinance having been submitted in writing, introduced and published, was then submitted to a vote as a whole, the vote thereon being as follows:

            AYES:             Echols, Ezernack, Woods & Wilson

            NAYS:             None.      

            ABSENT:         Clark (left meeting early)

            And the Ordinance was declared ADOPTED on the  22nd     day of  January           , 2018.

 

                                                                                                Gretchen H. Ezernack                     

                                                                                                                                CHAIRMAN

Carolus S. Riley                 

CITY CLERK

 

James E. Mayo                                                                                            _________________________

MAYOR’S APPROVAL                                                                                   MAYOR’S VETO