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Councilor presses for documents after in-house teardown of long-vacant Razer building
Summary
Council member David Smith pressed Mayor Burke and staff for records and engineering reports after the city dismantled a long-vacant structure on the Razer property, arguing council oversight and safety controls were lacking; the mayor said the removal was budgeted and a report will be provided.
David Smith, a council member, challenged city leadership on May 7 after the in‑house demolition of a long‑vacant structure on the Razer property, saying the council has not received promised documentation and raising safety and procedural concerns.
Smith said he had asked for information in February and repeated several questions at the meeting: who deemed the building unsafe, which engineering firm produced the assessment, when the demolition permit was filed and issued by the county, and why erosion and public‑safety controls such as a silt fence were not installed. "How do we go from not knowing anything ...…
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