ARGOS — A property that was cited for clean-up in 2016 will see the county carry out that order.
A property on Maple Street in Argos owned by Debra Mersch was cited in April 2016 for being in violation of the county’s ordinance for maintaining the property.
Subsequent violations with a request for clean-up were filed in August of 2023, in October of 2024, the owners were no-shows for a court date on the matter, and again in January 2025, after which the county requested bids to undertake the clean-up at the owners expense.
In the Plan Commission meeting on March 27 members opened the only quote submitted for the proposed cleanup of trash and debris coming from Chain of Lakes in Plymouth for $19,740.
Discussion centered on the number of inoperable vehicles that would need to be taken from the property that there appeared to be no title for and therefore scrap owners would be unable to take them.
Payment of the bill was also discussed with the remedy of non-payment by the owners of the property being a lien on the property that would need to be paid on any subsequent sale of the property.
