(A) (1) The Sheriff’s Sale Program is approved and established to provide the procedure for the Sheriff to contract for certain administrative, technical, clerical and related services that are reasonable and appropriate in order to effectively prepare for, manage and implement foreclosure sales.
(2) The Sheriff is authorized to negotiate and execute a contract with a third party to obtain administrative, technical, clerical and related services in order for the Sheriff to conduct the Sheriff’s sale program.
(3) The Sheriff’s sale contract shall provide for the delivery of services by a contractor in compliance with all applicable statutory provisions for the conduct of foreclosure sale proceedings and the Sheriff’s sale program. The contract shall also provide for payment of a fee not to exceed $100 for each cause number scheduled in the Sheriff’s sale program to the contractor for the services.
(B) The expense incurred by the Sheriff shall be $100. The Sheriff of the county is hereby authorized to charge a fee of $200 for each mortgage foreclosure sale. One hundred dollars shall be utilized by the Sheriff to pay the services of the contract referenced in division (A) above while the other $100 shall be deposited in the County General Fund for appropriation for the operating expenses of the Sheriffs Department.
(Ord. O-C-05-6, passed 12-5-2005; Ord. O-C-06-2, passed 2-15-2006; Ord. O-C-09-4, passed 7-15-2009)