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Residents urge Waverly council to notify landlord over persistent roach infestation
Summary
A Waverly resident told the council a recurring roach infestation affecting several Lock Street homes is coming from a neighboring rental and asked the council to notify the property owner and pursue remedies.
Michelle Rand, a resident of 410 South Lock Street, told the Waverly Village Council on July 24 that she and neighbors have treated an ongoing roach infestation for six months and believe the source is the adjacent rental at 408 Lock Street. "We have been treating this inside outside for 6 months now," Rand said, and urged the council to notify the property's owner to address the problem.
Rand identified the owner as Tom Fring and said monthly pest-control costs are a financial burden for residents. "I'm going to start sending our bills to the owner of that property and let them take care of that," she said, adding that several neighbors have reported the same problem.
Rand asked the council to send a letter to the property's owner and called for enforcement similar to notices sent for overgrown grass or trash. The council did not take a formal vote on enforcement at the meeting; council members did not dispute Rand's account on the record and no staff report or enforcement action was announced.
The request was made during the public-comment portion of the meeting. The next steps, as described in the meeting record, are for council or staff to follow up with code enforcement or the property owner; no timeline or formal directive was recorded. The transcript does not record any immediate response from the property owner or an enforcement action taken at the meeting.
