18. Authorization to Accept Offer on Property/Parcel
Numbers P6SE3A-13-1, P6SE3A-12-4A, P6SE3A-12-4B, P6SE3A-9-1, and P6SE3A-10-1 - Northampton County Repository Sale
INFORMATION:
Parcel Numbers/Property Locations P6SE3A-13-1/Hayes Street, P6SE3A-12-4A/Hayes Street, P6SE3A-12-4B/East 9th Street, P6SE3A-9-1/ East 9th Street, and P6SE3A-10-1/802-04 Atlantic Street were turned over to the Northampton County Tax Claim Bureau for collection of delinquent school district real estate taxes. A judicial sale in 1997 and 1998 were unsuccessful, and the properties were held in the County Repository. Subsequent attempts to sell the properties were also unsuccessful. On December 5, 2001, the school district received notification from the Tax Claim Bureau that a $500 bid was tendered on each of the properties. At the time the properties were presented for collection of delinquent taxes, the assessed valuations were: $28,900 for P6SE3A-13-1/Hayes Street; $10,500 for P6SE3A-12-4A/Hayes Street; $8,600 for P6SE3A-12-4B/East 9th Street; $8,800 for P6SE3A-9-1/East 9th Street; and $8,000 for P6SE3A-10-1/802-04/Atlantic Street.
A recent amendment to the Pennsylvania Real Estate Tax Law (Sec. 627) requires the Tax Claim Bureau to obtain written consent from the taxing district to accept an offer of any price for the property places in the Òrepository for unsold propertiesÓ without court approval and published notice of sale. The taxing district may not unreasonably withhold its consent to the sale of the property.
The Tax Claim Bureau has evaluated each offer, considers them to be fair, and desires the properties to be sold.
RECOMMENDATION:
That the Board of School Directors authorize the administration to send the Tax Claim Bureau written consent to accept the offer of $500 each for Parcel Numbers/Property Locations P6SE3A-13-1/Hayes Street; P6SE3A-12-4A/Hayes Street; P6SE3A-12-4B/East 9th Street; P6SE3A-9-1/East 9th Street; and P6SE3A-10-1/802-04/Atlantic Street.