The Cass County enforcement board voted at its meeting to give multiple property owners 60 days to complete cleanups or show progress and approved several contractor cleanups, including a $1,375 estimate for work at 229 Beale Street and a clearance for a completed cleanup at 2210 South Capitol Street.

The actions matter to nearby residents and the county because the board’s orders affect blight, vehicle storage and public-safety concerns in unincorporated areas such as Young America and other townships.

Board members and staff reviewed dozens of properties, approved motions to extend compliance windows in most cases and authorized specific cleanup work where bids or estimates were presented. The board accepted a $1,375 cleanup estimate for 229 Beale Street and voted to “clear” 2210 South Capitol Street after the contractor reported an actual cleanup cost of $3,800 — down from an earlier figure discussed at a previous meeting. The board also denied an outstanding order for a property linked to McDaniel and instructed staff to resend notification to the new owner of 6096 West 900 North.

Staff member Ralph told the board that vehicle registrations would be required for one property where multiple vehicles were parked. "As long as they're his and those are parked appropriately on his property, there's not a problem, but we need to make sure they're his," Ralph said, describing the board's plan to have the owner provide titles or registrations to confirm ownership. The board set a 30-day deadline for providing those documents and agreed to reinspect the property at the next scheduled reinspect date.

The board granted 60-day compliance windows (with reinspect dates referenced in the meeting as November 26 and December 2 in multiple motions) for properties including addresses cited during the meeting (examples discussed by the board included 2426 Glights Drive, 2268 Glights Drive, 2249 Glights Drive, 2376 Glights Drive, 2210 South Capitol Street and others). In several cases the board noted that properties had sold and new owners were already making repairs; the board cleared or moved to clear some properties where visible progress or completed work was documented.

At least one contractor and estimate were identified in the meeting record. Staff said, "Jake Shideburn is who it was as far as the estimate," when discussing the $1,375 bid for 229 Beale Street.

During public comment, resident Billy Wilson urged the board to address broader conditions in Young America and described a prolonged dispute between neighbors that board members characterized as largely civil and criminal concerns outside the board's direct authority. "He threatened to shoot everyone on the property," Wilson said, referring to a neighbor he named in testimony. Wilson also said another neighbor had driven a bobcat over several vehicles and property, and he said county law enforcement had not pursued charges because the county had not witnessed the acts in real time.

Board members repeatedly emphasized the limits of the enforcement board’s authority, noting that issues such as whether someone can sleep in a camper or possible criminal damage fall under state law, the health department or local law enforcement rather than the property-abatement process. The board said it would focus on getting properties cleaned up and would extend additional 60-day windows when progress is documented.

Formal outcomes recorded during the meeting included: approval of the $1,375 cleanup estimate for 229 Beale Street, clearance of the completed cleanup at 2210 South Capitol Street after the contractor reported a $3,800 actual cost, denial of the existing order for McDaniel’s property with a directive to notify the new owner of 6096 West 900 North, and repeated 60-day extensions or reinspect dates for multiple other addresses. Several items were explicitly continued from prior meetings; staff said they had posted required notices and published newspaper notices where required.

The board set its next meeting date at the end of the session. The next meeting was announced as November 4.

(Reporting note: quotes and attributions are taken directly from the meeting transcript and the board’s public record.)