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Resident suggests city set aside fund to buy nuisance properties; legal feasibility not specified
Summary
A resident urged the Glens Falls council to budget money to acquire and rehabilitate nuisance properties, proposing a $250,000 reserve to buy problem buildings and auction them after repairs to reduce repeated police calls.
Dan Rice told the council that while the budget is being discussed, the city should consider setting aside funds to acquire chronic nuisance properties and rehabilitate them to stop recurring police calls.
Rice said Lawrence Street (he later corrected a street number) draws frequent police responses and proposed the city reserve roughly $250,000 to purchase problem buildings, clear them of occupants and then auction them to owners who will repair the properties. “If you put, like, $250,000 aside, try to make an offer on the building, move everybody out, and then auction it back off to somebody who's gonna fix it that would solve that problem in my mind,” Rice said.
Rice asked whether such a fund or program is legally possible; the transcript did not include an answer or any staff/legal analysis suggesting how the city would proceed, whether acquisition authority exists, or whether other legal mechanisms (forfeiture, receivership, or code enforcement) would be required.
