Special Meeting: Century To Discuss Code Enforcement Contract With County

January 26, 2009

The Century Town Council will sit down with Escambia County’s top code enforcement official in a special meeting tonight to hammer out a contract between the two bodies.

The council is set to meet with Sandra Slay, Escambia County’s code enforcement manager during a 6:00 special meeting tonight.

Previously, Century ended an agreement with Escambia County to provide code enforcement in the town. Under that agreement, the county’s code enforcement officers worked Century and wrote citations that were turned over to the town for abatement. The services were provided by the county at no charge to Century.

The arrangement came under fire, with allegations that the county’s officers provided selective enforcement, citing some people but no others. That prompted the council to sever the relationship with Escambia Code Enforcement. Now, there is no code enforcement at all in the town.

Back in September, the council considered another agreement with Escambia County providing code enforcement, and they also discussed the possibility of hiring their own code enforcement officer.

Tonight’s meeting at Century Town Hall is open to the public.

Pictured above: A dilapidated home on Freedom Road in Century. NorthEscambia.com file photo.

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