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Mt. Healthy council adopts emergency ordinance to assess property owners for high-grass removal
Summary
After suspending its two-reading rule, the Mt. Healthy City Council unanimously approved Ordinance 24-2056 allowing the city to assess property owners for costs of removing high grass and weeds; the adoption was certified by a 7-0 roll call and will be sent to the auditors office.
Mt. Healthy City Council voted unanimously to adopt Ordinance 24-2056, an emergency ordinance authorizing the city to assess the cost of removing high grass and weeds to property owners.
Council suspended the normal two-reading rule and moved immediately to adoption. The roll-call vote was recorded as 7-0 in favor, with Mrs. Lingo, Mr. Persons, Mr. Redding, Mrs. Dosa, Mr. George, Mr. Young and Mrs. Rissell voting aye. Council indicated the ordinance will be forwarded to the auditors office for processing.
The ordinance was presented on the councils agenda as an action to recover city costs for abating high grass and to declare the matter an emergency to expedite collection. No amendments or conditions were recorded during the meeting; council members did not request additional public hearings before the emergency adoption.
The council took the vote during the meeting after the suspension of the two-reading requirement; the meeting transcript records the procedural motion and the subsequent roll-call tally. The ordinance becomes effective according to the schedules used by the city and the auditors office for emergency measures.
Council had previously discussed code enforcement and nuisance abatement in other items on the agenda; this vote formalizes a mechanism for the city to assess abatement costs to affected properties.
