CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSES PROPERTY NOTICES

At the April 8 city council meeting, one of the first topics to come before the council was the list of notices involving property maintenance concerns and actions. The city’s code enforcer, Joel Johnson, presented the board with an updated list of properties that were not in compliance. Of the original list of 67 notices, 21 are pending council approval, and 35 have yet to be adhered to. Johnson will attend the May monthly meeting where the council will make decisions on how to proceed with those properties that are not in compliance, whether it be issuing fines or a different type of action. During this part of the meeting, Ruth Bouza along with Wagner Area Growth Director, Margaret Doom, spoke about helping both local residents and the beautification of the city by giving some homes a new coat of paint. Bouza Construction would be willing to provide the paint and ideas were tossed around about potentially hiring high school students to do the actual painting. It was discussed and an application will be in the works in order to apply to be a receiver of this service.