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Councilman Sauickie asked Attorney Greg McGuckin if there is no CO should anyone be occupying the home right now.

Attorney Greg McGuckin stated that the Court has not prohibited them from using the house.

BA Wall stated the part of having the Department heads here is to get the direct information you’re not just translated and you’re able to hear what the status on areas that concern you because a newer area that’s emerging. Is the County appeals process when there’s a fine of x amount of dollars and is hearing anecdotally that the County may be reducing these fines by up to 95 percent.

Brent O'Connor Construction Code Official stated it was brought to his attention that there was construction going on in the home where the house was posted a stop work order and they did not obey. Another stop work order was also posted the fines and penalties are accruing every day. As far as the amount of people living there he does not know and the house does not have a CO from housing from what he understands.

Council President Kern had asked that fines are accruing every day and they are new fines.

Brent O’Connor stated it is $2,000.00 and growing. It is compounded by the first violation and the second violation he does not know the actual figure. Stated they are weekly fined.

Councilman Sauickie noted five days working days so ten thousand dollars a week.

BA Wall stated that these are public meetings item from Jackson on the docket so you can be fully informed about following the process and it’ll give you a sense of challenge in seeking compliance of your local ordinances here in Jackson.

Councilman Sauickie stated there are residents from the Whispering Hills development that have been mentioned over the last couple of meetings; one is 41 Mill Pond and the other one is 16 Short Hills. Asked Brent O'Connor to provide an update on what he did there.

Brent O’Connor stated 41 still has two stop work orders, two violations for not complying with an order their fines and penalties the check was a couple of weeks ago and it’s close to seventy thousand dollars.

Moving forward to 16 Short Hills they also have a penalties in place and we’re still working out the details on that particular property as well because it was just brought up to my attention. Code Enforcement brought to my attention that’s what started the process.

BA Wall stated that Code Enforcement was unable to come tonight but one area that has come up with an area of concern for the public is that contractors are working under a situation with a stop work order. The collaboration of the UCC office, the building construction office and the Police Department to better assist.

Chief Kunz-In terms of these civil and Administrative code matters, Building and Zoning and stuff while it’s not a police matter, we are partnering with building and code where they have to go out and they’re seeing to issue a violations and they can’t identify who the offenders are. A case in point perhaps people working despite a stop work order at a residence can also be cited and not just the homeowner or property owner. Stated that all working in a violation of the stop work orders are cited. This is in consultation with the Business administrator, Township Attorney we’ve determined that we can proceed in this manner as well assisting and making sure building and code making sure that all persons are engaged not just a property owner are cited and we’re hoping that this is going to curb that defiance of the stop work orders. Of course after hours stated he has improved our access to the inspector’s code regardless of the time of day we should get a coherent answer and best way to proceed with any of these enforcement matters. Stated they are partnering more after hours than in the past and we’ll continue to do so.

Brent O’Connor stated that we’ll get a notice to come out from a resident of probably from Code Enforcement and he’ll go out to verify that the work is going on. He’ll call dispatch