The Administrative Committee of the Trenton City Council will be asking the full council to approve changes in the rental inspection ordinance that will include inspections of rental property taking place only once a year.
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The Administrative Committee of the Trenton City Council will be asking the full council to approve changes in the rental inspection ordinance that will include inspections of rental property taking place only once a year.
During a meeting on Thursday night at city hall, the committee asked that City Administrator Kerry Sampson meet with City Attorney Chris Raynes to draw up the ordinance, which would also exempt those rental properties that are already inspected by some other agency. Sampson said those properties would be required to furnish the city with proof that those properties are being inspected.
Sampson told the committee that he had met with representatives of the Union Pacific Railroad concerning the 22nd Street Bridge repair project and that the railroad appeared to be in agreement that it would not insist on waiting until the project is completed before it paid its share of the cost. The city has received a grant to help pay 80 percent of the work that will be done, with the railroad paying the other 20 percent. The railroad has now indicated it would pay the cost in thirds, with the final payment being made once the project is finished. Sampson said he is waiting for a letter from the railroad for official verification before the city proceeds with the work.
The committee heard a report on the brush disposal at the city maintenance barn, which took place last Saturday. The disposal area will be open from 9 to 11 a.m. on the first Saturday each month for the disposal of brush and tree limbs. No commercial waste will be accepted as well as no leaves.
Sampson distributed copies of a schedule the city will be using in the budget process, which outlines the deadline when information is to be submitted and items completed. The schedule calls for the budget to be ready for approval by the council at its first meeting in April, with the budget to go in effect on May 1.
Also meeting Thursday night was the Building Board Committee, which heard updates on the roundhouse and Zang properties, which are in the process of being demolished. An update was also given on the city’s housing demolition project.
Inspector Jim Linville said he is working with owners of some properties with which there are problems in an effort to get them cleaned up.
The Building Board Committee’s next meeting will be Feb. 5.