Commission reduces property code-enforcement lien to $9,844 after lengthy hearing; one commissioner objects

Feb 27, 2025

After a multi-year enforcement and foreclosure dispute, the board approved a magistrate recommendation to reduce a county code-enforcement lien on a rural property to $9,844.12, payable by March 31; the vote was 3–1 with Commissioner Goodbread opposing.

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Okeechobee County commissioners voted 3–1 to accept the special magistrate’s recommendation to reduce a code-enforcement lien on a property formerly owned by Edwin Rux Jr. and others to $9,844.12, to be paid by March 31. Commissioner Goodbread cast the lone vote against the motion.

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