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County official asks board to hold three tax-sale properties pending land bank review
Summary
Washington County staff asked supervisors to pause three properties from an upcoming tax auction to test whether a land bank could be used for rehabilitation or redevelopment; no formal vote was taken and supervisors signaled no objection while directing further committee review.
Greg, a county staff member, told the Washington County Board of Supervisors that he has three properties that would be “great candidates for a land bank situation to kinda test drive to see if it's something would work for us.” He asked the board to allow him to withhold those properties from an auction scheduled to begin Sept. 10 while the county explores creating a land bank.
The request came during the meeting's privilege-of-the-floor period. Greg said changes in the real property tax law “may have made land banks more relevant” and described a land bank as “somebody who will administer…
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