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Commission reduces property code-enforcement lien to $9,844 after lengthy hearing; one commissioner objects
Summary
After a multi-year enforcement and foreclosure dispute, the board approved a magistrate recommendation to reduce a county code-enforcement lien on a rural property to $9,844.12, payable by March 31; the vote was 3–1 with Commissioner Goodbread opposing.
Okeechobee County commissioners voted 3–1 to accept the special magistrate’s recommendation to reduce a code-enforcement lien on a property formerly owned by Edwin Rux Jr. and others to $9,844.12, to be paid by March 31. Commissioner Goodbread cast the lone vote against the motion.
The hearing featured an extended statement from the first mortgage holder, who identified himself as the property’s owner and described four years of legal work and expenses the holder said had been necessary to recover the parcel. He told commissioners that attorneys’ fees, back taxes and repair work had cost tens of thousands of dollars and asked…
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