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Regular City Council Meeting <br />May 12,2003 <br />Page 14 <br /> <br />Jeff Roberts came forward advising that he was representing his father on <br />the purchase of this property. He gave the City Council a handout, and said <br />he has talked to the tax attorneys and it does take all four entities to agree to <br />sell this property. Mr. Roberts said the appraisal office had not informed <br />him that they all had to agree to sell the property. Mr. Roberts said he has <br />also talked to Judge Superville and all he would have to do is come back to <br />the county and get on their agenda if the City of Paris was to accept his bid <br />and proposal. He explained the process of what he had to do in order to bid <br />on this property. He pointed out from his handout that he was responsible <br />for all the contamination, possible fuel tanks, asbestos and all the trash that <br />is located on the property. Mr. Roberts noted that page three of his handout <br />shows it was on the courthouse steps on January 3, 2002, and this property <br />was struck. He said he was at the courthouse and at that date he could have <br />purchased the property for $35,000.00, which was the taxes against the <br />property. Mr. Roberts said things happen after a certain period of time, or <br />it use to be like that, but things have changed over a certain time period and <br />you are able to purchase property for a smaller percentage. He said, they <br />were able to process this at that time and that is the reason they came up <br />with the $4,500.00. Mr. Roberts said that on page 4 of his handout that this <br />property has been delinquent since 1982 and the taxes have varied from <br />$800.00 to $1,600.00 a year. At this time, the taxes are $966.00 in the year <br />of 2001. He said that he did not see that the bid should be a problem and <br />this will allow the property to be placed back on the tax roll. <br /> <br />Mr. Roberts said what it gets down to is the expense that will be created in <br />order to clean the property up. Mr. Roberts said that he has the equipment <br />to clean this property up, and he is not sure what kind of contamination there <br />could be on the property. He said in the future he plans to have a business, <br />such as a sheet metal shop, on this property. <br /> <br />In response to Councilman Bell's question, City Attorney Schenk stated that <br /> <br /> <br />