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Family objects as county moves to demolish Evansville home after Superior Court order
Summary
Family members told commissioners they were unaware of notice and asked for time as the county prepared to award a contract to demolish a property at 5504 Big Cynthia Road that staff says has a decade-long code-enforcement history and a Superior Court order to remove the structure.
Family members of the owner of 5504 Big Cynthia Road told the Vanderburgh County Board of Commissioners on Aug. 12 that they had not been properly notified and asked the county to delay demolition. County staff and legal counsel said the property has been the subject of repair orders for nearly a decade and that a Superior Court judgment found the building unsafe and ordered removal; the commissioners voted to award the demolition and site-cleanup contract.
At the podium, Etta Emge said the planned demolition "ain't a solution. It'll just make his health worse," describing a husband with stage 4 kidney failure and other…
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