Conneaut Lake Park’s fate still under discussion
By Keith Gushard, The Meadville Tribune, Pa. | |
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However, details on the substance of those negotiations have yet to be released.
"Negotiations still are ongoing,"
"Not at this time," Abbott said when asked if there was a timetable to conclude the negotiations.
Meanwhile,
Trustees of
In late April, the Trustees voted to approve a plan from the
But, the
The state's petition alleges that the Trustees failed to take advantage of business opportunities that would have generated more revenue; that Trustees steered business away from
On Friday,
"They're not doing what they're supposed to be doing -- protecting the property," Ramaley said.
The plan proposed by the
As of
A new state law allows government entities to place liens or judgments against properties when there are delinquent taxes. A government body then could file for a sheriff's sale to satisfy that judgment.
That is a change from the previous law, which allowed the county tax claim bureau to take property owners with delinquent taxes to a tax claim sale -- not a sheriff's sale.
One difference between the sales is that under a tax claim sale, the new owner inherits all the liens against the property.
Under the sheriff's sale, the other non-tax liens against the property are paid -- if there is enough money from the sale. If not, those liens are "divested," according to
If the sale results in more money than outstanding debts, the rest is turned over to the owner. At one point, those liens amount to several million dollars. Debtors would be paid according to their position on the lien holder list. Property taxes are first, according to Walker.
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