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Price City steps up vegetation enforcement; launches citywide work-order tracking and expands weed-spray schedule
Summary
Council members reported expanded enforcement of city vegetation and ordinance violations, plans for citations on repeat offender properties, an expanded weed-spray/pre-emergent schedule and a new cradle-to-grave work-order system to track citizen requests and maintenance tasks.
At a recent Price City Council meeting, elected officials and staff described stepped-up enforcement of vegetation and nuisance ordinances, expanded weed-spray and pre-emergent efforts and a new city work-order program intended to track citizen requests from submission through completion.
Council members said at least six properties in the Tri Cities area are in violation and that ordinance officers have been directed to pursue citations on repeat offenders. Officials emphasized that city-owned properties will also be addressed and that the council expects to see its own premises maintained to the same standards the city is enforcing on residents.
City staff described an ongoing weed-spray program and said crews are adding locations to the spray schedule as staff identify problem sites (overpasses, sidewalks and other public corridors were mentioned). The city noted the value of a pre-emergent program to reduce future maintenance costs and said it is proposing more budget support for that preventive maintenance.
Separately, staff described a new work-order system that will record requests “from cradle to grave,” assigning tasks to fleet, maintenance and other departments and enabling follow-up and accountability. Officials said the system is intended to change the culture of reactive repairs and improve response times for issues citizens report.
Council members praised recent community cleanups and the youth council’s participation in local projects. They also noted practical constraints (sweepers that broke down and will be repaired) and asked staff to confirm spray schedules for specific segments such as Cove Basin and Third East.
No ordinance changes or new spending allocations were recorded as formal actions in the transcript; council members described operational direction and enforcement priorities to staff.
