In order to register, citizens must provide their driver s license or other acceptable photo ID and social security. Beginning no earlier than 11 a.m., will include parcels located in the towns and villages of Central Square, Constantia, Hastings, Mexico, New Haven, Palermo, and West Monroe. Beginning no earlier than 1 p.m., will include parcels located in the towns and villages of Albion, Amboy, Boylston, Orwell, Parish, Redfield, Richland, Sandy Creek, and Williamstown. Between 100 and 150 tax delinquent parcels will be sold at this year s auction. Each property to be sold has been photographed and merged into a computerized presentation which is then projected onto a large screen and several large television monitors across the front of the room where the bidding takes place, said Hastings.
Bidders receive a description and view of each parcel as it is offered for sale.
Bidders are also given an auction packet that contains information about the auction policy, rules, and listing of each parcel in order of the sale, when they register. Property owners are allowed to pay their back taxes and reclaim their property until the day before the auction but owners may not bid at the auction. Director Hastings first introduced this formal large-scale public auction process to Oswego County in 1997. Since then we have continued to refine and improve our process, said Hastings. The public response continues to be positive.