Tuscaloosa City officials voted to declare six city-owned properties surplus and place them in the city's annual foreclosure sale scheduled for Nov. 12, meeting participants said.

City staff said the foreclosure sale is used for properties that have been condemned, had demolition costs assessed and whose owners have not paid. "The city has an annual foreclosure sale. And the foreclosure sale is those properties that you condemn and they get torn down and you set the cost of demolition and the people don't pay," a staff member said. "This year, there are 4 on the sale."

The staff member said the city maintains an inventory of properties that have become city-owned through prior processes and that six parcels are currently in surplus inventory. Officials said the intent at the meeting was to declare those surplus properties "no longer needed for municipal purposes" and put them on the foreclosure sale list.

A motion to declare the properties surplus and place them in the foreclosure sale was made and seconded; a voice vote followed with members answering "Aye." The meeting record did not include a roll-call tally or individual vote names.

Meeting participants set the foreclosure sale for Nov. 12 and noted the next property meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025. "Next property's meeting will be Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025," Jimbo Woodson said.

Officials did not provide parcel addresses, sale notices, or detailed procedures for post-sale disposition during the meeting.