{"id":151844,"date":"2022-03-01T04:37:01","date_gmt":"2022-03-01T09:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=151844"},"modified":"2022-03-02T04:49:12","modified_gmt":"2022-03-02T09:49:12","slug":"budget-abandoned-homes-addressed-by-vw-city-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2022\/03\/01\/budget-abandoned-homes-addressed-by-vw-city-council\/","title":{"rendered":"Budget, blighted homes discussed by council"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SCOTT TRUXELL\/<\/strong>independent editor<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The City of Van Wert\u2019s 2022 permanent budget is one step closer to becoming final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Van Wert City Council heard the first reading of the budget during Monday night\u2019s meeting. Auditor Martha Balyeat outlined requests for additional funding from various departments. The budget will have a second reading next month then will be approved at the final March meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Health, Service and Safety Committee Chairman Bill Marshall talks about abandoned homes. Scott Truxell\/Van Wert independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Council members also heard the first reading of a resolution to authorize the sale of unwanted city property and an ordinance to advertise and sell unneeded, obsolete or unfit vehicles via internet auction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During his report, Mayor Ken Markward informed council members that Northwest State Community College has announced plans to open a Van Wert campus at the former Kennedy Manufacturing site on E. Sycamore St., with classes scheduled to start this fall. NSCC officials will release more information in the coming days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Markward also said the possibility of livestreaming council meetings is being examined, including checking to see if the city has the necessary equipment and if there will be additional charges. He also said Lt. Doug Weigle will be sworn in as the city\u2019s new police chief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Safety-Service Director Jay Fleming said stump removal is underway again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJust to remind the public when we grind it up and leave it in a pile, we\u2019ll be back to get it,\u201d Fleming said. \u201cWe\u2019ll pick it up and then we\u2019ll be seeding all those areas in the spring when the weather is right.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Fleming also said crews are patching potholes around the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before the regular meeting, the Health, Service and Safety Committee met to discuss landlord obligations and options regarding trash disposal and to some extent, tenants obligations and responsibilities. The matter will be discussed at future meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Committee Chairman Bill Marshall also brought up the topic of blighted and abandoned homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe must do something about abandoned properties,\u201d Marshall said. \u201cWe have to come up with some type of ordinance, we have to find our way through this. I\u2019ve looked at several things on the internet from different areas and there are personal property regulations on board that are ORCs (Ohio Revised Code) that are about abandoned properties.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey devalue our property. I know of 12 abandoned homes that we have in Van Wert right now and there may be more that I\u2019m not aware of but they\u2019re very obvious abandoned homes. I think we have to create some type of legislation or ordinance that will address this issue.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marshall acknowledged that some of those properties may have liens against them which would require legal work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Heath, Service and Safety Committee will meet before Council\u2019s next meeting to further discuss the matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next meeting of Van Wert City Council will be at 6:30 p.m. Monday, March 14, in Council Chambers on the second floor of the Municipal Building, 515 E. Main St.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent editor The City of Van Wert\u2019s 2022 permanent budget is one step closer to becoming final. Van Wert City Council heard the first reading of the budget during Monday night\u2019s meeting. Auditor Martha Balyeat outlined requests for additional funding from various departments. The budget will have a second reading next month then will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-151844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-04 00:17:40","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151844\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}