5-1-2023 BOC Regular Meeting Minutes

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D RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE SALE OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1609 FARRELL ROAD WHEREAS, the County of Lee owns certain non-vacant property located at 1609 Farrell Road, PIN number 9665-16-7834-00, Lee County,North Carolina, as shown on a deed recorded in Deed Book 1496, Page 360, in the office of the Register of Deeds for Lee County, to which the record thereof reference is hereby made for more complete description; and, WHEREAS,the taxable value of the property is $14,800.00; and, WHEREAS, the above-referenced property was conveyed to the County as the result of a tax foreclosure sale; and, WHEREAS,the amount of fees and taxes owed on the property as the result of such sale is $8,751.83; and, WHEREAS,North Carolina General Statutes § 153A-176 and § 160A-269 permit the County to sell property by upset bid, after receipt of an offer to purchase the property; and, WHEREAS,the County of Lee proposes to dispose of the above described property as it is surplus to the County's needs; and, WHEREAS, the County received an offer submitted by Blake Rogers/Rogers Holding Company, LLC ("Offeror")to purchase the property described above in the amount of$1500.00, plus any advertising costs, and an offer submitted by Roy Allen Campbell and Jamie Campbell to purchase the property in the amount of$8753.00, copies of which are attached hereto; and, WHEREAS, Offerors have paid to the County Clerk the required 5 percent(5%) deposit on its offer and $200.00 of advertising costs; and, WHEREAS, the Lee County Board of Commissioners accepts the initial offer of Roy Allen Campbell and Jamie Campbell in the amount of$8753.00; and, WHEREAS,the Lee County Board of Commissioners authorizes staff to advertise the initial offer in any higher, upsetting offer, subject to the upset bid procedure. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Lee County Board of Commissioners as follows: 1. The Lee County Board of Commissioners authorizes the sale of the property described above through the upset bid procedure of North Carolina General Statute §160A-269.