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County auction fails to attract bidders for one parcel; commissioners approve 57 tax cancellations totaling about $19,000
Summary
At the county tax-deed auction two small parcels were offered (one received no bids, the other sold for $462.58). The board then approved a batch of 57 tax cancellations (largely tied to a homeowners-exemption legislative change) totaling an estimated $19,007.78.
Jefferson County opened a tax-deed auction for two small, partial parcels during the meeting. The first partial (minimum opening bid $468.08) drew no bidders and will revert to county ownership if unsold; the second partial (0.07 acres) opened at $462.58 and was sold to bidder number 1 for $462.58 with payment due by close of business.
Later in the meeting the board considered an extended slate of tax-cancellation motions presented by the assessor’s office. Commissioners moved through each cancellation individually by motion and roll call. Treasurer and assessor staff said many of the cancellations were prompted by the recent legislative change expanding homeowners’ exemptions and by value-correction appeals. Treasurer summarized the batch as 57 parcels with an estimated total cancellation amount of $19,007.78; 55 of those cancellations were due to the changed homeowners-exemption rules.
Commissioners recorded each roll-call motion and approved the slate of cancellations; staff will finalize records and adjust tax rolls accordingly.
