With Council's failure to muster a quorum Tuesday evening for the regular meeting Wellsville's Fire Chief Bill Smith held a press conference. Smith had his monthly report for August and an update on demolitions ready to submit to Council.
For the month of August, 2009, firemen had 19 calls. Seven of those were for full fires. This brings the total up to 138 calls for the year through the end of August. That figure is pretty much even with 2008 with 134 calls for the same period.
Smith reported he now has the owner's written permission for seven buildings to be demolished whenever the county's Department of Development awards the contracts. The house at 801 Wood Street was just added to that list this past Monday with the receipt of the written permission.
As previously reported money has been awarded to the county for this program and a set amount has been allocated to the village. The Dept. of Development will award contracts to companies to do the demolitions.
There remains an additional six structures that Smith can not contact the owner or the owners have refused to accept the Chief's repair or tear down order. Except for one at 1201 Commerce the other five have been inspected by Smith. Smith reports that house is still occupied.
Title searches have been done on all the structures. Two properties show Terry Sanford of Salem as the owner of the house at 327 Highland & 1421 Center. The big red house at 226 Eighteen Street shows the name of Anderson and the house at 640 Henry shows the name of Bailey. A house at 815 Commerce was involved in a foreclosure and shows the State of Ohio on the title. Citations sent by registered mail have been returned from Sanford, Bailey, and Anderson as either undeliverable or refused.
The next step for Chief Smith & the village is to take legal action to get the court's permission to proceed. Smith advised Council's Finance Committee at a meeting last week that the average cost for each structure to go through the required advertising and court action is around $15,000 each. The Committee decided to table any further action until 2010 for these six properties.
Smith advised that the land these structures sit on remains in the owners name. He also noted that any action taken is based on complaints that have been filed with the department. Out of the 13 structures on the entire list there are three that Smith says has his number one priority because they are the most hazardous & unsafe buildings. The houses at 327 Highland & 226 Eighteen St. are two of those three. Neighbors tell me that the owner of the 327 Highland house has removed all the windows. You can't see that house through all the trees and brush. The owner apparently did the same with his property at 1421 Center.
Shown above is a collage of the buildings that will be removed once the county awards the contracts.
ole nib
For the month of August, 2009, firemen had 19 calls. Seven of those were for full fires. This brings the total up to 138 calls for the year through the end of August. That figure is pretty much even with 2008 with 134 calls for the same period.
Smith reported he now has the owner's written permission for seven buildings to be demolished whenever the county's Department of Development awards the contracts. The house at 801 Wood Street was just added to that list this past Monday with the receipt of the written permission.
As previously reported money has been awarded to the county for this program and a set amount has been allocated to the village. The Dept. of Development will award contracts to companies to do the demolitions.
There remains an additional six structures that Smith can not contact the owner or the owners have refused to accept the Chief's repair or tear down order. Except for one at 1201 Commerce the other five have been inspected by Smith. Smith reports that house is still occupied.
Title searches have been done on all the structures. Two properties show Terry Sanford of Salem as the owner of the house at 327 Highland & 1421 Center. The big red house at 226 Eighteen Street shows the name of Anderson and the house at 640 Henry shows the name of Bailey. A house at 815 Commerce was involved in a foreclosure and shows the State of Ohio on the title. Citations sent by registered mail have been returned from Sanford, Bailey, and Anderson as either undeliverable or refused.
The next step for Chief Smith & the village is to take legal action to get the court's permission to proceed. Smith advised Council's Finance Committee at a meeting last week that the average cost for each structure to go through the required advertising and court action is around $15,000 each. The Committee decided to table any further action until 2010 for these six properties.
Smith advised that the land these structures sit on remains in the owners name. He also noted that any action taken is based on complaints that have been filed with the department. Out of the 13 structures on the entire list there are three that Smith says has his number one priority because they are the most hazardous & unsafe buildings. The houses at 327 Highland & 226 Eighteen St. are two of those three. Neighbors tell me that the owner of the 327 Highland house has removed all the windows. You can't see that house through all the trees and brush. The owner apparently did the same with his property at 1421 Center.
Shown above is a collage of the buildings that will be removed once the county awards the contracts.
ole nib
8 comments:
This a start of improvements for the village. I don't understand how Rosie Goss can have the village tear down a property that she owns. Should she not be responsible for this ? Isn't she running for re-election ?
WHY SHOULD WE PAY FOR THE TEARING DOWN OF ROSIE GOSS'S HOUSE????????SHE IS ON CITY COUNCIL..HMMMMM LETS THINK ABOUT THAT....THATS WRONG
It doesn't matter who Mrs. Goss is. The fact that she is a Council woman is coincidental. That house is in deplorable condition. How it got in that shape is irrelevant at this point in time. From all outward appearances it is a safety hazard.
Getting such a structure demolished is an expensive proposition. Getting it refurbished is even more costly. Who among us can afford it.
I think the Goss' should be commended for their co-operation with other Village officials to have this situation taken care of.
nib
If you have a question about Rosie Goss's house, then maybe you should go to a council meeting and ask her about it. If you assume that council people are wealthy, you are mistaken.
Yes it does matterwho she is!!!! she should not be commended ....did she go to court like everyone else does if they dont keep up with the property..and since it is a safety hazard did they do what they did to everyone else...she is not deceased or elderly..she knows the laws in this town better than anyone else......and if she Co-operated with the village she would not be having the village tear down her house
Sounds like sour grapes to me. Point is that with their co-operation there was no need to go to court. By doing that they actually save the village the money it costs to advertise & go to court. According to WFD Chief Smith that averages around $15,000 per structure.
nib
WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME SHE WAS AT A COUNCIL MEETING...I READ IN THE PAPER ALL THE TIME THAT SHE WAS ABSENT....AND DID SHE OFFER TO HELP WITH THE COST....SO BASICALLY WE PAY HER TO BE ON COUNCIL AND TO TEAR DOWN A HOUSE ....HMMMMMMMM...WHILE SHE HAS EVERY EXCUSE NOT TO BE AT A MEETING
She was there just last Thursday. When's the last time you made a meeeting?
nib
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