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Assembly hears plan to rescope code‑enforcement cleanup fund and requests $200,000 appropriation

Assembly Finance Committee · March 19, 2026
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Summary

Borough staff proposed an ordinance to appropriate $200,000 to the code‑enforcement cleanup fund and to allow voluntary cleanups (in addition to court‑ordered actions) for properties where there is direct public benefit; staff described past cleanups, costs and staffing constraints.

Borough Community Planning Director Kellen Spielman told the Finance Committee that the administration will bring an ordinance next week to appropriate $200,000 from the general fund to the existing code‑enforcement cleanup fund and to rescope allowed uses to include voluntary cleanup efforts when there is a direct public benefit.

Spielman outlined how the fund is currently used (abandoned vehicle removal, right‑of‑way encroachment cleanups and court‑ordered property cleanups) and said the fund has…

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