Commissioners authorize upset-bid processes and approve conveyances for multiple tax-foreclosed parcels

County Attorney Eric Grady presented 11 tax-foreclosed properties for the board—s consideration and recommended the county either initiate upset-bid procedures on initial offers or approve final conveyances when no upset bids were received. For each parcel Grady read the parcel ID, offer amount, original past-due taxes and foreclosure costs, and the tax value; the city of New Bern had provided preliminary or final approval for jointly owned parcels where required.

Initial offers for county- and city-owned parcels included a $3,000 offer for a property on I Street in New Bern (parcel ID: 8013178), a $2,700 offer for 8013178B, a $2,500 offer for parcel 8037046 on Moore Avenue, and a $3,600 offer for parcel 8006100 (703 West B Street), among others. The board approved resolutions authorizing the upset-bid process for those initial offers by motion and unanimous roll-call.

Grady also presented final conveyance approvals for parcels where no upset bids were received, including 1427 Lincoln Street (parcel 801377) offered at $4,200, 927 Samson Street (parcel 806324) offered at $3,200, 1013 Bloomfield Street (parcel 8006208) offered at $3,000 and 1017 Bloomfield Street (parcel 8006206) offered at $3,000; the board approved each conveyance by unanimous roll-call.

The recorded roll calls for each resolution and conveyance show unanimous commissioner votes in favor. Grady noted one parcel in Havelock (parcel 6-054-029) did not require city approval because the foreclosure was in the county—s name; the county approved that upset-bid authorization as well.