West Terre Haute debates handing condemned properties to redevelopment and recouping demolition costs; vote unclear
Who it touches
- owners of unsafe buildings in West Terre Haute
- West Terre Haute Redevelopment
Tracked in the archive
On an item to move town-held properties over to redevelopment, a councillor asked that the town put liens (legal claims for unpaid costs) on the properties to recover its staff pay, court costs, attorney fees, equipment and gas used to tear them down. 0:22:39 — open the recording, cued to 22 minutes 39 seconds
A speaker defending redevelopment said it has done about $150,000 of demolition work for roughly $8,000 of its own money. 0:33:03 — open the recording, cued to 33 minutes 3 seconds
The town attorney said having redevelopment pay half the wages of town workers would likely need a formal agreement between the two and could raise State Board of Accounts concerns. 0:31:07 — open the recording, cued to 31 minutes 7 seconds
A councillor asked whether redevelopment should report at town meetings, and speakers said someone could attend. 0:35:04 — open the recording, cued to 35 minutes 4 seconds
A motion to approve was made and seconded, but the vote call was confused. 0:36:14 — open the recording, cued to 36 minutes 14 seconds
More from the record
- 36:200:36:20 (36 minutes 20 seconds)
Outcome
A motion to approve was made and seconded; the recording does not capture a clear vote result
A motion to approve was made and seconded; the chair called "all in favor" and then asked whether members had voted, and the recording does not show a clear result. 36:20
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