Minerva Village Legal Advisor Clark Battista reported, at the Jan. 24 village council meeting that the Southern Inn will go up for tax-foreclosure sale on Tuesday, Feb. 7, at 9 a.m., in the lunchroom of the Stark County Office Building.
The property will be offered for a minimum bid of the smaller amount of either the costs plus the taxes owed, or the costs plus the fair market value, Battista explained.
If it does not sell then, it will be up for sale again on Tuesday, March 6, at 9 a.m., in the same location. If it, at that point, it has not sold, it will be turned over to the state auditor's office, and the county auditor, acting as an agent of the state, will auction the inn in December 2012, with bids starting at $100, Battista said.
Back taxes totaling $18,400 are owed on the building.
Sandy Creek Joint Fire District Chief Aaron Stoller told council that for structures damaged by fire, the Ohio Revised Codes requires that, for every $15,000 of damage, insurance companies must send the village $2,000 to be held in escrow until the resident or business can show a certificate from the building department showing the structure can be occupied or it is demolished.
If the property owner chooses to abandon the property, the village can use the escrow money to demolish the structure, Stoller said.
Harp reported he is preparing an application to the Municipal Road Fund for fund that must be used on a county road system, a state highway that runs through village, or a street that connects to a state highway. Any funds received would be used for curb and gutter on Lincoln Way.
Harp said it is likely the village will only receive a small amount and will roll the funds over until it can afford the first phase of the project.
In other business, council:
• HEARD the second readings of ordinances authorizing the village administrator to receive bids for the milling of various municipal streets and for material and labor for resurfacing village streets and other municipally owned properties.
• HEARD the first reading of an ordinance changing the reimbursement rate per mile for employees using their personal vehicles for village business from 40.5 cents to the IRS-approved rate of 55.5 cents.
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