The Village Hall will be closed Monday 1-18-16 for Martin
Luther King Day
Court Call for January 2016: Code had 58 Tickets on the
court docket- 2 were found Liable- 1 not guilty and 56 were found guilty for
failure to appear and fines are double
In regards to the Blue Print Program all the vacant houses
have been stickered. There are 89 homes that have people living/squatting in
them. We will be having a meeting shortly in regards to the next phase, the
plan is to have a letter that the Police Department will deliver to the homes
giving them a certain amount of time to contact me and complete what they need
to do so they can legally live in the home. Failure to do so will result in
tickets and all properties that fail to comply will be turned over to Public
Works for verification of water, if water cannot be turned off they will do
whatever they need to get the water off.
We roughly had about 13 water service accounts established
from the vacant list that have complied, there were several homes that are in
the process of receiving back bills from the last reading on record and will be
receiving back bills that will be high depending on the usage plus garbage
service, sewer charges and taxes.
We are in the process of sending the garbage company the
vacant list to stop the Village for being charged for garbage service on those
houses that should not be provided services. Estimate saving would be $97,083
per year. I will be providing the turn
on and turn offs to the garbage company on an as needed basis. Currently we
have 483 vacant homes -garbage bills are $33.50 six times a year which equals
=$201.00 dollars a year per house hold - times 483 = $97,083.00 savings.
This concludes my report.
Sherry Jasinski