MINOT — Town Administrator Arlan Saunders told selectmen Tuesday that three of eight former owners of foreclosed properties have contacted the town about paying their overdue taxes before the 90-day deadline.
One agreed to pay within 60 days, a second appeared agreeable to making payment arrangements, and the mortgage holder of the third indicated the taxes and fees will be paid in full soon, Saunders said.
He said foreclosing on the three properties formerly belonging to Harold Brooks of Hebron has raised some complicated issues. The Minot-Hebron town line runs through them, with the front area of the three properties, which total about 100 acres, in Hebron and the rear area in Minot.
It also appears, Saunders said, that the pieces in Minot are actually where Brooks has held his festivals, such as the Redneck Olympics.
Selectmen directed Saunders to contact Hebron officials regarding Brooks’ status with property there.
The former property owners, who owned a total of 10 properties, had failed to pay taxes for three straight years and as of Jan. 15 the town foreclosed on them as the law requires.
Traditionally, selectmen have given former property owners 90 days to pay up or agree to a payment plan. The letters to the former property owners said if they didn’t pay in 90 days, the board would dispose of the properties as they see fit.
Saunders also said the town had purchased 1,000 cubic yards of sand from ECI of South Paris. He said owner David Everett keeps his pit off Route 26 open year-round. It costs the town $4.50 a cubic yard, loaded in the pit, plus $6.90 to haul. A total of 500 cubic yards have been delivered to date.
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