Code Compliance Director Corey Williams presented to the Henderson City Council on Monday evening regarding current efforts at minimum housing code enforcement in the city.
His remarks were in addition to a report that was contained in the council’s information packet.
Although Interim City Manager Ed Wyatt originally tried to defer to the written report regarding code enforcement, he had Williams proceed with a presentation after a brief sidebar with City Attorney Billy Strickland.
Wyatt stated that he wanted the effort of minimum [housing] code enforcement to be “on record”.
Williams told the council that his department has performed initial inspections and complaint inspections. He said that “a lot of work” was going into the Andrews Avenue area, and that administrators were currently handling 50 cases in the vicinity.
The inspector said that there has been compliance in some areas and that compliance is being worked out in others.
Council member Garry Daeke asked if Williams was generally seeing compliance. Williams replied that the response was “a mix of both [compliance and non-compliance], and that some [owners] “are jumping right on it”.
When asked if any owners had “just said no” by Daeke, Williams responded, “Not yet.”
Member Mary Emma Evans asked how tenant complaint “was going”. Williams replied that it had “picked up to some degree”.
Wyatt noted that there are a “significant” number of properties that need to be torn down. He said that there was a certain amount of money for that purpose and that the city was trying to make it go as far as possible. He said that he had written to Clean Up Henderson for additional funds, but had not yet heard back.