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Council members debate costs and enforcement of tall-grass nuisance response; possible code removal discussed
Summary
Councilman Grodeky asked the Jefferson County Council to reconsider the tall-grass provision of the public nuisance ordinance after staff reported thousands in annual abatement costs and difficulty collecting those costs from property owners.
Councilman Grodeky brought forward information at the Jefferson County Council work session about the county's tall-grass public nuisance enforcement and abatement costs and suggested the council consider eliminating the tall-grass provision from the county nuisance ordinance.
Grodeky said county services reported $37,568.75 in contractor costs for tall-grass abatement in 2024. He told the council the county spent over $491,000 on public nuisance cleanup between 2022 and 2024, and that $250,000 of that total came from ARPA funds. Grodeky said department staff advised that the administrative cost per case is about $550, but he said the county did not supply the number of cases for the period he requested.
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