Word on the street is that Lynn Eisentrout approached at least one resident this past weekend while holding a garage sale and told them they needed a permit in order to have one. This is contrary to the following letter, written by Sara Schumacher, Office Assistant to Lynn Eisentrout.
It reads:
SUBJECT: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST DATED SEPTEMBER 30, 2009
After much research the Village can provide you with no code regarding the garage sale permit. The fee and permit were established in years prior to the current administration. Most likely it was established verbally by a previous Mayor to limit the number of reoccurring garage sales within the Village and to ensure proper traffic control. Unfortunately all prior Mayors have since passed away so we have no way of properly tracking the exact origin of this permit and fee.
Additionally, the Village can provide you with no code regarding specific fence footer depths.
Sincerely,
Sara Schumacher
Office AssistantPerhaps those who were wrongfully charged for a permit should be reimbursed?
Lynn's comments on the matter tonight were that she misspoke, and that said comment was only a comment, not to begin discussion.
This is not the first time I have heard of this type of thing happening. What is troublesome is there seems to be No Legitimate basis for the mayor's action yet it seems to be recurring behavior by her. As often as the mayor has complained about record requests, it would probably be beneficial for her to pay attention and learn something instead of claiming ignorance.
ReplyDeleteSince there doesn't seem to be a written record on the books for the garage sale permit, why doesn't Council pass a Resolution/Ordinance now? That way there is an official record of the requirement for a garage sale permit and what the permit costs.
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