Cocakyne Asks Ward
For Money To Fund Code Enforcement.
(Bristol) City
Councilman Ken Cockayne, the Republican nominee for Mayor this November has
sent a letter to Mayor Arthur J. ward asking him to put an item on next
Tuesday’s City Council agenda to send a request to the Board of Finance to
create a $250,000 revolving fund for Code Enforcement.
The money would come from a windfall check received last
week from the State of Connecticut for the Municipal Revenue Cost Sharing
Account that was not budgeted as income in this year’s budget. The City of Bristol received $493,000 as its
share of this account.
“As it has been well documented over the years the major
problem with code enforcement in Bristol is the lack of dollars allocated to
it,” Cockayne continued, “This unanticipated revenue can and should be used to
start the process of real code enforcement in Bristol.”
Cockayne added, “These dollars should be used immediately in
the West End and Federal Hill areas of Bristol to deal with our absentee
landlord problem, and we should also be looking at homes that have been foreclosed
in Bristol and are now owned by banks and mortgage companies who are allowing
these properties to become blighted,” Cockayne continued.”This is happening in
all areas of our community and it is becoming a real eyesore to many
homeowners.”
“I am confident that with the support of the City Council
and Board of Finance, we will quickly see progress in the area of code
enforcement and this new funding source will lead to quick results for our
neighborhoods,” Cockayne concluded.
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