Resident offers to buy county parcel at 309 Bay Street; parcel eligible for negotiated sale

A county representative reported that an offer was received for parcel 309 Bay Street and that the parcel is eligible for a negotiated sale after failing to sell at a March 21, 2022 tax sale.

The county representative said the parcel was part of tax sale "c 000215," did not sell at that tax sale and that the top bid at the sale was $25, which the commission had rejected at the time. The item was listed as eligible for a negotiated sale under the code cited in the materials as "79 28 0 3 b," and notification had been published as required in the posted materials.

A resident who said they had been looking at lots offered an on-the-record offer and described personal reasons for wanting the parcel: "I'm really, really hoping that you accept it. I went out of my trailer court. I wanna own my own piece," the resident said.

The county representative read background from the file and identified the parcel as having been offered to the public previously and as remaining available for negotiated sale. The transcript does not record a formal acceptance, motion, or vote on the offer during the meeting.

Next steps: the transcript indicates the offer was recorded on the meeting record and that the parcel is eligible for negotiated sale; no final action on the offer was reported in the recorded portions of the meeting.