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City releases list of property that could be auctioned off for non-payment of taxes

By Howard B. Owens

There are eight properties in the City of Batavia that could be put up for auction for non-payment of property taxes, other charges and fees. All eight properties have reportedly been delinquent for three consecutive years.

No date has been announced for the auction.

The properties are:

  • 24 Franklin St., a single family home, delinquent $17,244; assessed value $67,700
  • 12 Hall St., a single family home, delinquent $12,501; assessed value $29,000
  • 1 Pearl St., a single family home, delinquent $27,294; assessed value $48,000
  • 3 Walnut St., a single family home, delinquent $18,962; assessed value $54,900
  • 48 Walnut St., a single family home, delinquent $29,746; assessed value $54,900
  • 109 Walnut St., a single family home, delinquent $27,381; assesed value $52,000
  • 11 Watson St., a single family home, delinquent $11,598; assessed value $49,900
  • Oak Street, rear, vacant land, delinquent $341; assessed value $1,000
Ricky G. Hale

We've all been through this before. It doesn't seem to matter what they go for, or if you're the highest bidder. The City has a tendency to award these houses to who ever they want, reject bids from who ever they want, and basically do what ever they want for any reason they want.
In my opinion, it borders being illegal, the way they conduct bussiness sometimes. Speaking of doing bussiness, the City has no bussiness being in bussiness; but that's another story, for another time.

Oct 26, 2011, 5:07pm Permalink

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