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County assigns tax-sale certificate to City of Terre Haute to address abandoned parcel
Summary
Vigo County approved a resolution assigning a tax-sale certificate for an abandoned parcel near Wabash to the City of Terre Haute so the city can take enforcement action and clean up the property, Redevelopment staff said.
The Vigo County Commissioners voted to assign a tax-sale certificate for an abandoned parcel to the City of Terre Haute so the city can enforce maintenance and cleanup, Redevelopment staff said during the meeting.
Jesse Tohill of the county Redevelopment office told commissioners the parcel has been on and off the tax sale roll since about 2010 and that the current deeded owners are believed to be deceased. “What we are interested in for this particular parcel is really from an enforcement side. It's a abandoned parcel. I think you could call by all rights,” Tohill said.
Tohill said the lot, about a block off Wabash, had been used by adjacent owners or renters as a dumping ground. Commissioners said they have been working to clean up tax-sale rolls and that transferring the certificate to the city would allow Terre Haute to take enforcement steps. One commissioner described the property as “nasty looking.”
The commission moved and seconded a motion to transfer the property; the motion carried by voice vote. The transcript does not record any public comment or the specific enforcement actions the city will pursue after the transfer.
