City of Monroe, LA

ORDINANCE

STATE OF LOUISIANA

CITY OF MONROE                                                                                         NO. 11,943                 

            The following Ordinance was offered by Mrs.  Ezernack            who moved for its adoption and was seconded by Mr.  Clark                :

AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF MONROE TO ACQUIRE FULL OWNERSHIP INTEREST OF THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED AS LOTS 10 & 11, SQ 78, BOOKER T. WASHINGTON ADDITION, UNIT 13, 1813 GRIFFIN ST, MONROE, LA, BY ADJUDICATION AT TAX SALE DATED JULY 31, 2003, 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 10 & 11, SQ 78, BOOKER T. WASHINGTON ADDITION, UNIT 13 – 1813 GRIFFIN ST, MONROE, LA. – R#5863

                WHEREAS, the above described property was adjudicated to the City of Monroe, Louisiana for non-payment of 2002 Ad Valorem Taxes by Adjudication Deed dated and filed July 31, 2003 in Conveyance Book 1903 at page 396 of the Records of Ouachita Parish, Louisiana and adjudicated to the City of Monroe, Louisiana.  The 2002 Ad Valorem Taxes forming the basis for the described adjudication was validly assessed by the City of Monroe against Faye Robinson Long and Jerry Long, 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  9th      day of July 2019.

                NOTICE PUBLISHED on the  12th        day of  July       , 2019.

                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 & Clark

                NAYS:                   None.

                ABSENT:              None.

                And the Ordinance was declared ADOPTED on the  23rd       day of  July               , 2019.

                                                                                                                                Juanita G. Woods ____________

                                                                                                                                CHAIRMAN

Carolus S. Riley_____________

CITY CLERK

James E. Mayo______________                                                                   ____________________________

MAYOR’S APPROVAL                                                                                  MAYOR’S VETO