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Public Hearing for Sale of Real Property

6/25/2025

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

REGARDING SALE OF REAL PROPERTY

            WHEREAS, the City of Corydon, Iowa, at the meeting of the City Council of Corydon, Iowa, held on May 28, 2025, passed a Resolution regarding the proposed sale of the City’s interest in and to the following described real property, to-wit:

Certain premises described as follows: Commencing Two Hundred Forty feet West of the Southeast corner of Block Fourteen in the Original Town of Corydon, Wayne County, Iowa, and running thence North One Hundred Sixty feet; thence West Eighty feet; thence South One Hundred Sixty feet; thence East Eighty feet to beginning.

Locally known as: 409 E. Jackson Street, Corydon, IA 50060

That the City Council of Corydon, Iowa, did set a public hearing regarding the sale of the City’s interest in the above-described real property for 5:30 P.M. on the 9th day of July, 2025, at the City Hall in Corydon, Iowa.  Any person who wishes to provide comments or object to the proposal to sell said real property must appear at the date and time of said hearing.  All parties interested in purchasing said real property shall submit a written offer to the City of Corydon at the Corydon City Hall by 4:00 P.M. on July 8th , 2025.  The minimum bid for the property has been set at $300.00. All bidders who have submitted written bids for said real property will have the opportunity to raise their bids at the date and time of the public hearing.  The successful bidder will be required to enter into an Offer to Buy Real Estate and Acceptance with the City of Corydon, Iowa, which shall require that the existing structures be demolished and the lot leveled to grade within six (6) months from the date of said sale.  The City of Corydon, Iowa, reserves the right to reject any and all bids.

            Dated this 28th day of May, 2025.

Nathan Bennett, Mayor

ATTEST: Stacy Gibbs, Administrative City Clerk