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Del City highlights heavy 'grow-season' code-enforcement workload; city clarifies abatement process
Summary
Assistant City Manager Kelly Wilbanks told council two code officers logged 18 days of enforcement paperwork during the city's 'grow season,' handling roughly 60–80 tickets per day; council discussed courtesy notices, abatement timelines and support for residents who cannot afford yard work.
Assistant City Manager Kelly Wilbanks told the Del City City Council on Aug. 19 that the city is in the middle of a busy 'grow season' for code enforcement and presented a physical stack of cases representing 18 days of work by two officers. "This stack here, each single page represents 1 address," Wilbanks said, showing council the volume of recent complaints and enforcement actions.
Wilbanks said two officers — Jared Dupuis and Eric Stilwell — have been processing what she described as "60 to 80 tickets per day," including door-knockings, courtesy notices and abatement…
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