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� JAN 19 193 <br />we are spending more than this now in a completely frustrated <br />effort to make people comply with the code. <br />Discussion continued at length about whether it is worth the <br />gamble, and Commissioner Lyons pointed out that if it turns out <br />this Board is too expensive, we can always dissolve it. He <br />believed that, as the situation stands today, this is a very <br />unsatisfactory area. <br />Commissioner Scurlock wished some statistics about the <br />volume of work involved, and Administrator Wright felt there are <br />one or two cases of Code violation a day. <br />Commissioner Wodtke noted that the Ordinance talks about a <br />lien against the land on which the violation exists. He believed <br />a great majority of these violations occur in rental situations <br />and hoped the ordinance could provide greater ability to address <br />that by fining the person actually creating the violation. <br />Chairman Bird believed we must try to maintain a certain <br />standard of living in the county and felt we do need the teeth <br />to enforce our ordinances. <br />In further discussion, it was noted that before this board <br />can be set up, there has to be a public hearing, appointment of <br />the board members, etc., all of which will take several months. <br />Commissioner Fletcher continued to debate the need for such <br />a Board, stating that if each violator were pursued in the proper <br />form with the ordinances we have now, we would not have these <br />problems. <br />Attorney Brandenburg believed the proposed Board will be a <br />very useful tool, because people will be more likely to comply <br />when faced with a penalty. <br />MOTION WAS 14ADE by Commissioner Scurlock, SECONDED <br />by Commissioner Lyons, to authorize the advertise- <br />ment of a public hearing in regard to establishing <br />a Code Enforcement Board. <br />76 <br />M <br />