Residents push city cleanup

DAVENPORT - Resident Stan Reider called on the City Council to take steps to clean up nuisance properties and junk vehicles.

During a Wednesday, Aug. 26 meeting, he pointed to Lincoln County Record-Times coverage of Odessa's nuisance fees and asked why Davenport cannot follow the same process to clean up the city

After three letters, he said, Odessa crews clean up the property, bill the owner and place a lien on the property.

"I'm wondering, why can't we accomplish that," Reider said.

He listed properties he said violate city rules, including a house by the middle school, about 10 vehicles and...