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Cleves creates restricted 'abatement' fund to hold clean-court fines and lien recoveries
Summary
Council approved Ordinance 20-2025 to create a specialized and restricted enterprise fund for nuisance abatement; fines and lien recoveries will be held in the fund until a $10,000 threshold is met and then used for property abatements and related cleanup costs.
Cleves Village Council voted to establish a specialized and restricted enterprise fund — described at the meeting as an abatement fund — to hold fines, abatements and lien recoveries tied to code enforcement, the recently created Clean Court and the Board of Zoning Appeals.
Under Ordinance 20-2025, 100% of fines from the Clean Court and BZA would be deposited into the restricted fund until the fund reaches a $10,000 balance. The stated intent is to create a dedicated, transparent source of money to pay for…
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