City council hears from concerned citizen
COSHOCTON – A citizens from the first ward expressed concern about junk vehicles in his area at the Jan. 11 Coshocton City Council meeting.
He feels this is a problem in his area and wants to know if the city’s proposed new property code inspector position would be responsible for resolving the issue.
Mayor Steve Mercer said the city has ordinances on junk vehicles sitting around properties and when they are made aware of the problem they contact the sheriff’s office. The sheriff’s office and Prince’s Wrecker Service work together to get the issue resolved. Mercer also explained that in the past the city often has had to rely on the public informing them of issues like this, but this new position will give them someone who is out there being proactive rather than reactive.
Sheriff Tim Rogers spoke at the meeting and announced that there was a rash of burglaries of businesses and residences, but four people are now in custody.
“We have those folks and are hoping to make the connections where we need to,” Rogers said.
At the meeting council also agreed to govern itself by previously adopted rules, elected Jackie Salmans as president pro tem and Cherry Wilson as clerk of council and announced that the committees and chairpersons of them would stay the same as last year.
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