City of Monroe, LA

ORDINANCE

STATE OF LOUISIANA

CITY OF MONROE                                                                                         NO.  12,168    

            The following Ordinance was offered by Mr.  Harvey                 who moved for its adoption and was seconded by Mr.  Marshall                       :

AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF MONROE TO ACQUIRE FULL OWNERSHIP INTEREST OF THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED AS LOT IN LOT 10, STUBBS YOUNG BAYOU ADDITION, BEG 268 FT NO OF GRAMMONT ST. & FRTG 23 FT ON WEST SIDE ALLEY, DEPTH 106.975 FT, MONROE, LA, BY ADJUDICATION AT TAX SALE DATED JULY 25, 1996, 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 IN LOT 10, STUBBS YOUNGS BAYOU ADDITION, BEG 268 FT ON NO OF GRAMMONT ST. & FRTG 23 FT ON WEST SIDE ALLEY, DEPTH 106.975 FT., MONROE, LA, IDENTIFIED AS PARCEL 67349 WITH THE OUACHITA PARISH TAX ASSESSOR’S OFFICE.

                 District 3

                WHEREAS the City of Monroe needs this property for expansion of the Monroe City Cemetery, and

                WHEREAS the above-described property was adjudicated to the City of Monroe, Louisiana for non-payment of 1995 Ad Valorem Taxes by Adjudication Deed dated and filed July 25, 1996, in Conveyance Book 1679 at page 220 of the Records of Ouachita Parish, Louisiana.  The 1995 Ad Valorem Taxes forming the basis for the described adjudication was validly assessed by the City of Monroe against Fredrick D. Allen, Jr., Marva S. Hopper, Georgia L.S. McDade, Verna F. S. Diggins, Tommie L. Stewart, Jr., Belva S. White, Isaac Stewart and Mary B. Stewart; 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 May 2023.

                NOTICE PUBLISHED on the  12th     day of May 2023.

                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, Woods & Marshall

                NAYS:                   None.

                ABSENT:              Ezernack & Dawson

                And the Ordinance was declared ADOPTED on the  23rd     day of  May     , 2023.

                                                                                                                                Juanita Woods                                 

                                                                                                                                CHAIRMAN

Carolus S. Riley                                

CITY CLERK

Oliver Friday Ellis                                              

MAYOR’S APPROVAL

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MAYOR’S VETO