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Councilors approve $24,780 transfer to fund temporary demolition/property-maintenance supervisor; debate centers on scope and landlord accountability
Summary
The Finance Committee approved a $24,780 transfer to hire a temporary property-maintenance/demolition supervisor to address dangerous vacant buildings and reduce demolition costs.
The Finance Committee approved a transfer of $24,780 from the vacant-building revolving fund to pay, through the end of the fiscal year, for a property-maintenance/demolition supervisor position intended to reduce demolition costs and respond to dangerous, dilapidated buildings.
Councilors and City staff discussed an example property, identified in committee as 52 Main Street, where structural collapse has posed an immediate hazard. Leslie Ward, the city official who described the role and legal steps, said the city had conducted a survey board and exhausted legal remedies with the property owner;…
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