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Board approves initial offers and conveyances on five surplus properties; upset-bid process used on several parcels
Summary
The county advanced initial offers and approved final conveyances after upset bids on five surplus properties jointly owned with the city of New Bern; amounts and past-due taxes were read on the record and the board authorized upset-bid procedures where required.
County Attorney and staff presented five county-owned surplus parcels (jointly owned with the city of New Bern) and recommended initial approvals and final conveyances as appropriate under the upset-bid process.
• 2204 Hartford Avenue (parcel ID 8039086): initial offer $2,500; past-due taxes and foreclosure costs $4,048.43; tax value $5,000. The board authorized the upset-bid process to proceed.
• 827 Bloomfield Street (parcel ID 8007128): initial offer $3,000; past-due taxes and foreclosure costs $2,764.82; tax value $6,000. The board authorized the upset-bid process.
• 323 Liberty Street (parcel ID 8009070): final conveyance approval after upset-bid process. Last and highest bid was $6,161; past-due taxes and foreclosure costs $3,055.86; tax value $2,760. The board approved conveyance to the high bidder.
• 1002 Sampson Street (parcel ID 8006211): final conveyance approval; high bid $2,700; past-due taxes and foreclosure costs $3,075.69; tax value $5,400. The board approved the conveyance.
• 605 Second Avenue (parcel ID 8021153): final conveyance approval after an upset bid raised the high bid to $5,037.50 from an initial offer; past-due taxes and foreclosure costs $3,948.79; tax value $5,400. The board approved the conveyance.
For initial-offer approvals the board authorized the county to advertise and proceed with the upset-bid period; for parcels where the upset-bid period had concluded, the board approved conveyances to the highest bidders to place properties back on the tax rolls.
