The Putnam County Commission meeting of October 14 opened with Sheriff Bobbie Eggleton recognizing Shane Shamblin’s 27 years of service with the Putnam County Sheriff’s Department. The business that followed mainly consisted of finalizing business of previous meetings and hearing DAEA (Dilapidated and Abandoned Building Enforcement Agency) cases.
The previously unfinished business consisted of issuing a five-year, $861,518 contract to INdigital to supply Call Handling Equipment and Network Upgrade to Putnam County 911 and the signing of an order to rezone 28.65 acres at 16209 State Route 817 from Rural Residential to Mixed Residential. The property is owned by Mark and Sarah Drennan. INdigital’s bid for the project was considered on September 9 but had been tabled for review.
The DAEA case discussions involved updates on preview cases, followed by dismissal or an order to comply within a set time frame. The reoccurring nature of a DAEA case involving property located in Hometown, prompted the commission to direct the DAEA Board to research ordinances concerning structures which remain vacant for extended periods of time and to propose such an ordinance to the commission for adoption. The City of Hurricane has an ordinance which requires owners of vacant structures to pay a registration fee if not a structure remains unoccupied for more than one year.
The commission went into executive session for a period of 37 minute to discuss a possible property purchase and adorned without taking action. In its prior meeting, the commission also entered into executive session for property purchase discussion without taking action.
The commission will next meet on October 28th at 5 p.m.
