Brooklawn Council Hires Real Estate Broker to Sell Borough Homes
Tuesday, October 05, 2010
By Sara Martino
NEWS Correspondent
Brooklawn Council discuss the sale of Borough homes led to a resolution to hire a real estate broker, who would market the homes for a commission on the sale not to exceed 5 percent.
Earlier this year there were no bids on one of the homes at 212 S. Hannevig Avenue, but a home on Wilson Avenue was sold at an auction through borough advertising.
Currently, residents live in 29 homes rented out by the Borough. Only the two homes were under consideration for sale.
Brooklawn Council approved an ordinance last week to move forward the installation of “lock boxes” on certain buildings to allow easier access during a fire or other emergency.
Fire Inspector Carl Thomas previously had approached the Borough Council with the idea.
He said it will enable fire and emergency personnel to quickly enter the building with the use of a key to a “lock box” instead of calling and waiting for someone to arrive with a key to the building.
Also, it will delete the need to break doors or windows. Currently, there are four boxes purchased by borough businesses.
The master keys will be distributed to the Borough Hall, the Fire Official and to the Fire Department.
One key will be kept in a coded box in the fire truck.
Thomas said the first building to have the lock installed will be the Community Center.
The borough engineer was asked about the stream bank restoration, especially on the subject of top soil on the river bank.
Council questioned if the proper cover was used on the matting or not.
Councilman “Skip” Granstrom wanted to know if the area should be covered with stone, or just good top soil.
“Something has to go in down there (at the stream bank) or the area will be undercut and start to wash away,” he said.
Councilman Michael Mevoli said timber is coming up at the railroad grade crossing and is creating holes in the area.
Council President, Theresa Branella, who presided at the meeting, asked the engineer to look into the situation.
She also announced that the Tree Commission received a $7000 grant that will help to promote local business and to plant more trees.