Council committee ratifies emergency demolition contract payments

The Public Service, Public Utilities and Green Committee ratified actions authorizing payment to a contractor that performed emergency demolition work on failing commercial and residential structures. Service director Chris Bridal told the committee the emergency demolitions were carried out to protect adjoining properties and that the work is already complete: "This legislation will allow us to pay the contractor for the emergency demo of, failing structures... so this legislation will allow us to pay the contractor," Bridal said.