Bradford City Council adopts vacant-property registration ordinance and approves multiple routine resolutions

The Bradford City Council voted to adopt an ordinance establishing a vacant-property registration program and approved a series of routine resolutions and administrative actions during the meeting (date not specified).

The new ordinance, described on the record as an amendment to the city code chapter titled “vacant property registration,” provides for registration, maintenance and security requirements for vacant and foreclosed properties, establishes fees, and provides for enforcement and penalties; an effective date was included in the ordinance text read into the record.

Councilors also authorized city action on a number of administrative items: permission to advertise an investment-management request for proposals for the defined-benefit pension plan; approval of a certificate of…