1/22/14 - Amid legal woes, mounting tax bills and defaulted obligations, a beverage manufacturer located in Green Oak Township is now facing foreclosure and a public sale of assets. Liquid Manufacturing is a brewing, distilling and contract packaging facility on Whitmore Lake Road. A notice of the public sale of assets was published recently on MLive.com, with the link posted below. The public foreclosure sale of real estate and associated auction of machinery and equipment is expected to take place February 19th at the office of the secured creditorâs legal counsel in Bloomfield Hills. A total of $154,729 is owed to Livingston County from the 2011 tax year and must be paid by March 31st in order for the company to avoid foreclosure this year. As for back personal property taxes, the total amount owed to Green Oak Township is approximately $81,761. Of that amount, $48,499 is owed from 2012. Technically, taxes in the amount of $33,261 for 2013 are not yet considered late as they are not due until February. Meanwhile, Green Oak remains in litigation with Liquid Manufacturing in a case alleging fire, safety, and sewer ordinance violations over the course of years. The township sought an order in Livingston County Circuit Court to terminate sewer service for non-payment of bills last September, but the court denied that motion and instead issued an order giving the company until March 26th to pay up. At that time, it was said to be behind on sewer bills to the tune of about $70,000 for the first half of 2013. (JM)
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