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Regular City Council Meeting <br />May 12,2003 <br />Page 13 <br /> <br />and started inquiring about the property being available and started trying to <br />acquire the property for the Girl Scouts. She said by having this property, <br />the Girl Scouts would have the option to expand their office or to get to the <br />their property behind their building. At this time they cannot drive a vehicle <br />to the back of their property, but the adjoining property does have a road that <br />would allow them to get to the back of the property. <br /> <br />Mayor Pro Tem McCarthy asked the City Attorney if the property would <br />come off the tax roll if Council rejected this bid. He also asked if they could <br />donate the property to the Girl Scouts. City Attorney Schenk advised that <br />the property has been taken for taxes and placed in the hands of the taxing <br />entities with one entity designated as a trustee. If the property is sold the <br />City of Paris would receive their share of the proceeds. Mayor Pro Tem <br />McCarthy confirmed that if Council accepts the bid the property would go <br />back on the tax roll. <br /> <br />City Attorney Schenk explained that if the city accepts the bid, it still leaves <br />the bid not awarded because of the action of the county, but this is <br />presuming the county could also reverse their position with regard to the <br />price. He advised that on the other hand, if at some undefined moment our <br />tax attorney decides that is not going to happen, that the county is not going <br />to agree, then in all likelihood they would go out for bids again. He said they <br />have a progressive schedule on how those prices diminish over a period of <br />time as to the percentage of taxes owed, which that is the minimum price bid <br />for the property. City Attorney Schenk said if the city rejects the bid, it <br />would probably not change much, other than for the potential of making a <br />donation to the Girl Scouts. It is an issue that is sort of halfway in the <br />middle, and it would be important to find out if there is a consensus of what <br />the council would like to do with the property. Would they like to see it <br />sold, or would they rather use it be used for Girl Scout purposes. <br /> <br /> <br />