HomeMy WebLinkAboutRes 11-45 10/12/1945 No. 11-45
RESOLUTION PERTAINING TO
FORECLOSURE OF THE LIE.1
OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS ON
VACANT AND UNIMPROVED PROPERTY.
WHEREA , hundreds of vacant and unimproved lots, parcels and
tracts of land within the corporate limits of the village of Mount
Prospect are burdened with delinquent and forfeited general taxes,
delinquent and forfeited special assessments and delinquent and
forfeited drainage benefit assessments; and
WHEREAS, the said burden of delinquent and forfeited general
taxes, special assessments and drainage benefit assessments make
such vacant real estate unavailable for use; and
WHEREAS, the amounts of delinquent and forfeited general taxes,
special assessments and drainage benefit assessments are in excess
of the value of said land thereby impeding the progress, develop -
ment and well being of the village at large; and
WHEREAS, every effort to collect said delinquent and forfeited
assessments has been without avail; and
WHEREAS, Article 84 -56 of Chapter 24 of the Illinois Revised
Statutes, among other things, provides that the village may, at
any time, file a bill to foreclose the lien of special assessments
as an additional method of collecting delinquent special assess -
ments; and
WHEREAS, it is desirable, and for the best interests of the
Village that the liens of delinquent and forfeited special assess -
ments be discharged by forclosure proceedings, thereby making said
land available fo r use and returning it to the tax rolls; now,
therefore;
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE
VILLAGE OF MOUNT PROSPECT, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
Section 1. That the Village of Mount Prospect hereby adopts
the foreclosure of the lien of delinquent and forfeited special
assessments as an additional method to enforce the collection of
delinquent and forfeited special assessments on vacant and unim-
proved real estate.
Section 2. That it will consider all applications filed with
a committee to be designated by the President and Board of Trustees
when the applicant will :(1) produce satisfactory evidence that the
lien of the general taxes will also be foreclosed; (2) indemnify
and hold harmless the village of Mount Prospect for any costs, ex-
penses and legal fees in prosecuting such action; and (3) will
guarantee to make an acceptable minimum bid at the public sale
which may be ordered by the court in which such action may be in-
stituted, to save the village from prosecuting a fruitless cause
of action.
Section 3. That all actions for the foreclosure of delinquent
and forfeited special assessment liens shall be brought in the name
of the Village of Mount Prospect by and through its attorney and
shall be filed separately from any action for the foreclosure of
general taxes; provided, however, that joint action with any of
the drainage districts effected hereby may be filed in the discre-
tion and judgment of the attorney for the village.
Section 4. That the States Attorney of Cook County and the
officials and attorneys for the Drainage Districts effected are
hereby invited to participate and cooperate in this method of
clearing up said tax and assessment delinquencies.
Section 5. That all resolutions or parts of resolutions in
conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed.
Section 6. That this resolution shall be in full force and
effect forthwith upon its passage and adoption.
PASSED this 12th day of October, A.D. 1945.
APPROVED this 12th day of Octobe I__ __A,4D. 1945.