ORDINANCE
STATE OF LOUISIANA
CITY OF MONROE
NO. 12,050
The following Ordinance was offered by Dawson who moved for its adoption and was seconded by Marshall:
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF MONROE TO ACQUIRE FULL OWNERSHIP INTEREST OF THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED AS LOTS 7 & 8, SQ 14, ARENTS RESUB LOT 14 & 15 STUBBS YOUNGS BAYOU ADDITION, 108 & 110 S. 20th ST, MONROE, LA, BY ADJUDICATION AT TAX SALE DATED JUNE 3, 2016, 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:
LOTS 7 & 8, SQ 14, Arents Resub Lots 14 & 15 Stubbs Youngs Bayou Addition, Monroe, LA. – R#51802 & 51804 – Municipal Address: 108 S. 20th St. and 110 S. 20th St., Monroe, LA
WHEREAS, the above described property was adjudicated to the City of Monroe, Louisiana for non-payment of 2015 Ad Valorem Taxes by Adjudication Deed dated and filed June 30, 2016 in Conveyance Book 2469 at page 890 & 892 of the Records of Ouachita Parish, Louisiana and adjudicated to the City of Monroe, Louisiana. The 2015 Ad Valorem Taxes forming the basis for the described adjudication was validly assessed by the City of Monroe against Hannah Luffey Properties LLC, 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 13th day of April 2021.
NOTICE PUBLISHED on the 16th day of April 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 27th day of April, 2021.
Douglas Harvey
CHAIRMAN
Carolus S. Riley
CITY CLERK
Oliver Friday Ellis
MAYOR’S APPROVAL
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MAYOR’S VETO