Mayor against staffers handling code enforcement — Ocean Ridge Mayor Geoff Pugh warned that the town does not want unauthorized staffers acting like code enforcement officers — especially when it comes to ticky-tacky potential violations like a little mold at the corner of a roof.
“I just want to make sure that we are solid, that we are not driving around looking for something to code enforce for us, because that would put a knife right in the heart of this town,” said Pugh, without giving any specifics.
Commissioner Carolyn Cassidy said it’s the “gotcha perception.”
Pugh said staffers who know about serious code violations can tell the police or the new part-time code enforcement officer whom the town has hired.
The town was recently embarrassed when it forced a resident to trim his 16-foot hedges to 6 feet only to learn that there was no prohibition on the height of hedges in the Town Code.
$25,000 in Tupperware bowl handed over in suspected scam — Ocean Ridge Police Chief Scott McClure is warning residents it’s scam season. His department was able to return $25,000 to a resident who handed it over to a person promising internet security.
McClure said at the Dec. 9 Town Commission meeting that no arrests had been made.
“Fraud is on the rise, as everybody’s aware,” he said. “We’re going to homeowners associations next month to get the word out about the different types of fraud.”
He said a good rule of thumb is that nobody legitimate is going to ask for payment in Bitcoin, gift cards or gold.
“She handed over in a Tupperware bowl $25,000 cash to a person who walked up to her gate,” McClure said. “We were able to get her money back.”
He said the person was identified through private security cameras and a license plate reader.
McClure said residents shouldn’t allow themselves to be bullied or blackmailed through text or email.
— John Pacenti
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