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City Council amends Fix or Flatten program
Posted: 10.25.2011 at 6:16 AM
Melissa Shriver

Melissa Shriver is a News Anchor and Reporter for KHQA.

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Aldermen also clear the way for a $370 thousand dollar federal grant to buy electric generators at the city's water and wastewater treatment plant

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QUINCY, ILL. -- The Quincy City Council is hoping to avoid any more confusion with the city's fix or flatten program.

Council members amended the unsafe property ordinance to require that a list of fix-or-flatten properties and estimated costs come to the council early in the fiscal year.

You'll recall the program was pulled earlier this year after council members didn't follow through with a court order to fix up the former paper box building.

The building had fallen into disrepair and had become a safety hazard. Since then the program has been reinstated.

Read more online in the Quincy Journal. 

Monday night aldermen also cleared the way for a $370 thousand dollar federal grant to buy electric generators at the city's water plant and wastewater treatment plant.

Read more by clicking here. 

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