Monday, during public comment of the Franklin County Board of Supervisors meeting, Hampton Public Works Director and Code Enforcement Officer Doug Tarr spoke to the board about a letter he had received from a county employee regarding a grass and weeds notice the employee had received for their property.
“This was done before I ever received this, call next time instead of being cowards. I’ll make sure to provide weekly reminders of true nuisance properties the city should be focusing on. How would you like that? So number one, guys, unprofessional, extremely unprofessional. And it’s not the first time. We are very consistent on how we enforce grass and weeds. It doesn’t matter if you’re a city councilman. Doesn’t matter if you’re the mayor, doesn’t matter who, if you’re in violation you receive a notice, right? I just thought this was extremely unprofessional, unwarranted.”
Tarr explained that his department sends several of these notices to residents every week.
“So for someone to get that offended and then to send me this, pretty unwarranted, pretty tasteless. Everybody needs to work together. We all need to get along. Yes, there’s some long grass and weeds. City properties had some long grass and weeds. We’re all struggling with it this year. So a notice is a reminder, but for someone to come on the attack like that just seems to be pretty unprofessional. So I’m just letting you guys know, I’m not real thrilled about that. Let’s grow up a little bit and let’s be a little more professional. That’s all I’m asking.”
Audio courtesy of the Franklin County Board of Supervisors YouTube page.
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