By Logan Wells, News Director | Logan@kymnradio.net
Last week, the Dundas City Council approved a change to city ordinance that would move the responsibility of maintaining and repairing sidewalks from the abutting property owner to the city. City Administrator Jenelle Teppen stated that this was an issue the city had been exploring for a few years:
“And your sidewalk panel cracks. For whatever reason, you, as the resident, are responsible for the replacement of that sidewalk panel, which has led to a lot of inconsistencies around the community in terms of the condition of sidewalks.” – Jenelle Teppen, Dundas City Administrator on the KYMN Morning Show
Teppen states that the change will result in standardized sidewalk quality in Dundas, and staff will conduct a survey of the city’s sidewalks to establish a maintenance plan.
“Our part-time staff is going to do that. You might see them out in the next few weeks. You know they’re going to be walking the entirety of our sidewalk system and making notes.” – Jenelle Teppen, Dundas City Administrator on the KYMN Morning Show
Additionally, with the change, the cost will remain the same, but is now spread out to the entire tax base instead of the individual property owner. Teppen said that the city will then conduct maintenance in the city in a four-year cycle:
“The city will be broken up in quarters. And we’ll do one of those quarters annually. So if you have a broken sidewalk, you know it’s offset by more than one inch or whatever. It’s not necessarily true that it will be replaced this year” – Jenelle Teppen, Dundas City Administrator on the KYMN Morning Show
The ordinance change was adopted by the council unanimously at their meeting on May 20th.
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