SALISBURY – The Salisbury City Council agreed this week to waive fees associated with a nuisance property that will become the new Fire Station #2.
Fire Chief Richard Hoppes requested of the City Council this week to consider waiving the fees and liens for the land acquisition for 413 Naylor Street where a new fire station will be built.
Hoppes submitted the council has already heard the request and voted to agree to waive the fees. However, at that time, no resolution was proffered to officially recognize this action, and the Internal Services Department has requested that a resolution be completed for accounting and audit purposes for this transaction. Specifically, waiving of fees has an associated accounting transaction that must be duly approved in order for it to be legally carried out.
“The resolution is being provided as of a request of Internal Services. The council met during a previous legislative session and decided that you would write off the fees of $29,951.12 for the purpose of the Salisbury Volunteer Fire Department acquiring property at 413 Naylor Street, so we are simply asking you to approve it by resolution,” City Administrator Tom Stevenson said.
Stevenson explained the costs derive from the city’s order to have the abandoned and neglected building that previously stood at 413 Naylor Street demolished followed by clean-up, on top of nuisance, grass and rubbage violations and the administrative costs associated with that.
The resolution states, “the City of Salisbury Fire Department has a desire to build a new fire station to replace the current Salisbury Fire Company Station #2. The Salisbury Fire Company #2, Inc. has acquired the 413 Naylor Street property through legal means, and requests that the City of Salisbury waive certain fees and liens pertaining to the acquisition of said property.”
Both the fire chief and the mayor have recommended that the city approve the waiver of all fees and liens attached by the City of Salisbury for the property know as 413 Naylor Street.
The council voted unanimously to approve the resolution legally approving the waiver of fees.