Ordinance #12,075

AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF MONROE TO TAKE CORPOREAL POSSESSION OF THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED BELOW AND SELL TO MARISA WILSON ALL RIGHTS, TITLE AND INTEREST THAT THE CITY MAY HAVE ACQUIRED TO LOT 22 PARLOR CITY INDUSTRIAL SUBDIVISION OF SQ 27 TERMINAL HEIGHTS ADDITION, NO STREET ADDRESS ON MISSISSIPPI ST., OUACHITA PARISH, DISTRICT 5, MONROE, LA, BY ADJUDICATION AT TAX SALE DATED JUNE 24, 2015, AND FURTHER WITH RESPECT THERETO

WHEREAS, the property described as follows, to-wit:

Lot 22 Parlor City Industrial Subdivision of Sq. 27 Terminal Heights Addition

No Street Address

Mississippi

District 5

Ouachita Parish, Monroe, Louisiana

Parcel #42067

was adjudicated to the City of Monroe, Louisiana for non-payment of 2014 Ad Valorem Taxes by Adjudication Deed dated and filed June 24, 2015 in Conveyance Book 2428 at page 503 of the Records of Ouachita Parish, Louisiana and adjudicated to the City of Monroe, Louisiana.  The 2014 Ad Valorem Taxes forming the basis for the described adjudication was validly assessed by the City of Monroe against Kitchen Brothers Manufacturing Co, and

WHEREAS, the City of Monroe has made efforts to contact Kitchen Brothers Manufacturing Co. by registered mail and notification published in the News Star with response they do not wish to redeem, and

WHEREAS, Marisa Wilson wishes to purchase said property from the City of Monroe.

WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of La. R.S. 47:2238.1 et sec, property adjudicated to the City of Monroe for more than Five (5) years may be sold to a specific named individual who has paid all taxes and other cost associated with the transfer of the property by the City of Monroe to the named individual.  Marisa Wilson has paid One Thousand One Hundred Eighty-five and 46/100 ($1,185.46) which includes Five Hundred Seventy-eight and 46/100 ($578.46) in City and Parish taxes.  The remainder is legal fees for the City of Monroe and the Parish of Ouachita, advertising costs, mailing cost, and filing and recordation of all documents necessary to accomplish the acquisition of the property and then transfer from the City to the new owner.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Monroe, Louisiana, in legal session convened, that the hereinafter described property is no longer needed for public purposes; the City of Monroe has made efforts to contact Kitchen Brothers Manufacturing Co. with no response; the City of Monroe desires to sell to Marisa Wilson the property described as follows:

Lot 22 Parlor City Industrial Subduvusuib of Sq. 27 Terminal Heights Addition

No Street Address

Mississippi

District 5

Ouachita Parish, Monroe, Louisiana

Parcel #42067

ORDINANCE INTRODUCED on the  27th day of July 2021.

NOTICE PUBLISHED on the  30th day of  July, 2021.

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: Harvey, Ezernack, Woods, Marshall & Dawson

NAYS: None.

ABSENT: None.

And the Ordinance was declared ADOPTED on the  10th day of  August, 2021.