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Resident to maintain vacant lot after board approves $500 compromise on tax sale
Summary
Anthony Garcia told the board he recently bought a neighboring vacant lot and plans to maintain it as a garden; the board approved a $500 compromise to assign the tax-sale certificate and allow Garcia to care for the property.
The Board approved a resolution assigning tax-sale certificate number 3800700 for a Waterloo parcel to Anthony and Juanita Garcia and accepted a $500 compromise on the taxes owed.
At the podium, Anthony Garcia said he recently acquired the property next door and plans to rent it to his mother and use the lot for a garden. "I recently acquired the property, and I'm actually gonna be renting it to my mother," Garcia said. Supervisors pressed for clarity about where Garcia lives and his plans to maintain the property; Garcia said his grandmother lives across the street and that his family will care for the lot.
Board members debated whether to set the compromise at the $5.94 principal tax or accept the $500 offer. Several members noted the county has previously accepted larger discounts for other parcels and that accepting $500 demonstrated good-faith effort and would prevent the county from retaking the property. The resolution to accept the compromise and assign the certificate passed by roll call.
