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Council holds overhaul of tax-title ordinance after public concerns, asks for more analysis
Summary
Councilors and residents pressed the administration for more detail on a proposed rewrite of the city’s tax-title transfer ordinance; the measure was held to give the Land Trust, council members and staff time to review an inventory of 1,100 tax-title parcels and craft safeguards.
The Warwick City Council and its administration agreed to hold proposed changes to the city’s tax-title transfer ordinance after extended questioning from council members and public commenters. The proposed draft (PCO 13-25) would rewrite how the city assigns tax titles for parcels that go unsold at tax sale; the administration says the change is needed to conform city procedures to state law and a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision and to free up hundreds of parcels that have sat in tax title for decades.
Chief of Staff Bill Vicente and Director of Assessing Neil Dupuis briefed the…
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