Swaledale Council Takes Issue With County Supervisor Statements
The Swaledale City Council is standing behind Mayor John Drury as a request for financial assistance to demolish nuisance properties led to a contentious exchange in the pages of the Globe Gazette.
On April 20, Drury sent a letter to the Cerro Gordo County Board of Supervisors requesting a meeting to have an in-depth discussion about the need for a city-county partnership to assist with cleaning up abandoned properties.
Abandoned properties are an issue in many small towns. When a home is left vacant to the point where it becomes a nuisance, it becomes the city's responsibility to pay for the demolition, often with little hope of recouping the cost from the next owner.
Read the full article in the May 14 edition of the papers.
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