the whole county bought it so actually the county owns it now they bought it and fixed it so for us this will be a compliance case showing that everything's been fixed and we're going to basically do a release of a lean
i need the same thing the same thing got a little bit my phone i didn't bring mine at 2 o'clock yeah okay is the recording started i believe it has they normally start right on who's back there michael yeah michael
are you good i don't see the red lights there just good mhm okay call to order the court for um city of Definiac Springs code enforcement hearings everybody stand say the pledge of allegiance
please i pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all thank you you may be seated
i always like to do the pledge so that reminds us where we are and what we stand for as Americans uh today is the city of Defuniac Springs um code enforcement hearings the process for these hearings is that officer Stron for the code enforcement for the city of
Defuniac Springs will be presenting his case of code violations and once he finishes presenting his evidence which consists of testimony of uh witnesses and possibly possible witnesses and then PowerPoint presentation once he is
finished uh you as the landowner can come or the interested party can come and present your case and you can ask him questions regarding his case as well once both sides have presented their arguments and all of their evidence I will um submit my or remit my order on
this case and if you're here with a if I do find you in violation please wait and let us give you your copy of your order today before you leave um everyone who is going to be swear uh possibly testifying today if you'll stand and raise your right hand I'll swear everyone in do you solemnly swear or
affirm that the testimony you're give today in the case in which you're testifying is the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth did I help you God yes okay everyone in the courtroom has been so sworn mr strong you may uh call the halls for your first case please
oh boy is this uh Okay uh the documents I have are not the correct ones huh okay it's a trust is that it yes oh okay very good thank you was
originally Okay I got you thank you we will need to change the uh name on the um to put the Walton County Board of Commissioners under the first page under the title of it do you uh you can change it after we do it to do a pen and ink
change okay i figured you want to keep the same that way release the lean of the of the original name okay um but it'll need to release the um it'll need to because city of Definia is I mean Walton County Board of
Commissioners is current owner is that correct they are now okay uh well the original lean is on them but it also follows to their ownership right so we'll need to have both names on there yes ma'am especially since they're a government entity just to make it clean all right thank you go ahead compliance hearing
case number 2022 00000053 violations for chapter 14 section 14-3 violations enumerated chapter 18 section 18-57 homebased occupies and chapter 18 section 18-58.1 wreck junk abandoned vehicles
and other property the address is 129 North 6th Street parcel number is 253 through November 1 1919 35600 alpha 0030 property owner at the time was trust number 129-6 which is now Walton County Board of County
Commissioners exhibit one shows the properties inside the city limits uh my uh video is not on underneath you the TV is not on mode yeah you can turn it around that way that'll be fine thank you can you
gentlemen see absolutely okay very good thank you we are pausing for technical difficulties okay exhibit two case presented at the 519 2022 special magistrate hearing where the property was found in violation of
chapter 14 section 14-3 and chapter 18 section 18-58.1 um K presented at the 316 2023 special mastery hearing where the property was found still in violation and a fine or a lean was placed on the property the fine in an amount of
$73,000 which would continue according to amount of $250 per day for each day um after the violation exist 314 2025 code enforcement inspected the property the property was in compliance 331 2025
prepared and sent a new notice of hearing certified mail to the to the um owner it was delivered prepared and posted a notice of hearing on the property and prepared and posted a notice of hearing at city hall um 410 to 2025 that the CRA paid the negotiated
negotiated fine amount of $2,500 satisfying the obligation and reducing the remaining balance to zero 417 2025 the property is still in compliance exhibit three is the affidavit of compliance exhibit four is
the notice of hearing exhibit five is the notice of hearing tracking showing it was delivered and exhibit six is the um recommendations um please find that the property is in compliance please find that the proper notice of the hearing was given to the respondent a fine
occurred between 5:30 in 2022 and 314 to 2025 and has been paid and is set balance zero that my testimony thank you i accept your testimony into the record and your uh evidence as well as your exhibits is there anyone here to speak on behalf of the owner of Walton County
Board of County Commissioners hearing none seeing none I'll end my order i find that the city the uh Walton County Board of Commissioners has become in compliance through a mitigated um administrative violation having been paid $2,500 and their balance is zero in
order of the lean to be lifted from the property thank you thank you thank you you may call the halls for your next case since the next two cases no one's present we'll go ahead with the I would like to go to the last one for arbitration sure um Chad
Early and Chase Early here are present i will call the call i'll call the halls for the next William present okay chad and Chase Early are the new owners of the property okay y'all come forward and present your case
um state your name for the record chad Chad Early and your address okay and what uh what case number is this on this case number is actually on 20 or [Music] 2020-0000103 um it's the property
located at 338 um Railroad Avenue okay all right uh give me a little bit of history on what you're coming here we purchased this uh we had spoke with the city and county attorney but um I don't
think it went out this way particular way but once we purchased this property in a tax deed we u found that it had some violations um we contacted Mr on and got those immediately corrected but we later found after we had purchased this and started this demo with the
violation that there was um approximately $83,000 maybe i don't know the I don't know the final number but it was like maybe some $500 day fines but it was it was a significant amount of money so um we were asked basically like the last
case with the county we're just asking for some forgiveness or some leniency on y'all's part to uh being that we did bring it up to code we're trying to assist okay how much did you spend on uh bringing it to code i made a list here uh I spoke with Mr i say Sergeant
Strong and we come together accumulating some of these values so it exceeded that number of the fine but um the city also has applied for surplus of
$13,000 um see this it hasn't been claimed yet but the county is advising that there's $13,000 in surplus for that particular property that was over bid okay um the original owners on it are usually the ones who are entitled to the surplus
uh our loan should have been paid first out of um out of anything and let second behind a mortgage out of the money so the surplus where did the first monies go it hasn't went anywhere it was se right at 15 $17,000 so once they took
the initial fee the court fees that's what was left but nobody is I think a Century 21's tried to attach it but they want like 17 there's not 17 there but you just have to claim it did did uh Citra 21 represent you in the sale no we just had a tax said through the
courthouse but uh they've I just found out through the great vines that they have put in to get that money but I guess they've also done a bankruptcy too they This is about the second or third property for Mr mrs williams okay which uh what was the name of the individuals what was their first name williams
charles and Betty williams okay and um have we applied for the surplus on that Kobe i did okay you did that's that's your original order okay and well actually the original that was the lean that we did okay very good thank you
um and you spent according to what you gave me approximately uh $118,397 is that correct there's still some to go but yes ma'am all right and what kind of have you torn the have you demolished it yes and are you going to be building back on
it that depends okay what you say here in a little bit the funds exceed the price of a possible house yeah yeah yeah okay um let's give the city manager just a
minute to finish his calculations can you explain to him the surplus real quick Chris so we have So there was apparently after the sale $13,000 left over i have done the paperwork and turned it into the courthouse $13,000 of what left over of when they purchased
the um the property i think the tax started let's say,000 and we bid 17 okay okay so there's 13 grand there now that's basically who's ever it'd be y'alls because you're our first first right and I got the paperwork and turned
it into the clerks before the deadline so are we the first right the 13 or we pull them out we It's not a guarantee but what I think is we should be getting all of it because our our lean should supersede
anyone else's unless there was a mortgage on the property prior to the lean and I don't think there would have been a mortgage because Mr both of them have been passed for quite a while now no Mr and M mr mrs williams are still Okay well there's a different there's a
Charles and Betty that live over on these they live while Mrs williams my understanding is in a nursing home right now okay yeah Mr charles lives at the corner their primary house is there at Five Jackson oh okay it's a different set of Williams then okay i do believe according to Mr pratt when he did the
lean search to title it y the only name that come up okay very good uh do you know what title company he used to do to uh did you get a title policy or anything no ma'am we were going to use setco but he uh we haven't paid for that yet as well but we paid Mr pratt and he
did the title search okay well Mr city Manager what's your uh stance on this chris what was the what was the total fine when they stopped approving the total fine was $84,900
so on here you got so the concrete saw need to purchase so you haven't done that yet those funds yet there's a big piece of concrete still there but we couldn't move it with a piece of machinery and then you purchased a mini excavator for 81,000 so I guess I need to understand how that excavator how this property purchased that whole
excavator well we decided we needed we needed one to do this top that's what we was going to do and this started it so we had to have it tear the house on so we just went ahead and just purchased it instead of rent okay okay not that we're going into that business
we are we're electricians okay and um is this your only copy yes ma'am you I can make you a copy if you need it okay yeah we'll need a copy for the record thank you you can have that original if you need it i'll just take a copy it's fine we can take a copy and you keep your
original what are your plans for the property if you're not going to build a a house or put a house we would like We would like to do that do something this is three lots they're wooded but uh the front lot but I think it needs I mean I like building up the community making it look
nice but I think it needs more housing over in that area the whole area needs more housing what's your thoughts on it oh um I mean yeah I mean they did the work they cleaned it up they've met the mission what we're looking for so um you
know just out of the gate I mean the 81,000 you I can't attribute to all this because you're going to keep that for a number of years past but at this point I mean I don't see the problem with with doing what we've done for the board and the prior applicant for arbitration as
well uh until t said policyy's put in place has more structure but I don't have a problem with it okay the 2500's fine with you okay uh we will reduce the fine from $84,900 to 2500 and um you'll
have 90 days to pay that we'll pay today can we pay today yeah has Chris explained to y'all what 2500 represents no it represents the cost sorry oh oh the where the where the where it came from
yes what the city has in that's what y'all basically have the man hours yeah y'all reducing extremely yes we greatly appreciate it thank you yes greatly well we appreciate you taking the property and bringing it into compliance and look forward to seeing what you're going to put on it hopefully you'll be able to do three houses to house people um that
would be a blessing to the city okay well then I will issue I can't I don't have an order here today to uh do it because with these we had to create the order but my order is going to be to uh reduce the fine to it it it'll be just like the order we did for the county to
reduce the fine to um 2500 and once that's paid the lean will be released off of the property and you'll be fle free and clear and have your fee simple without the omnous of a of a lean on it and can I just make us check the cities if you can you can yes and uh once we get or you can give it to the ladies up
front with the case number either way okay the 2020 yeah 2020- um oh 103 is the last one yes 103 is the last last one on it tell them it's you just had it here and you don't have your your order yet because we got to create one on an arbitration uh but we'll have that
probably within the next couple days and we can either mail it to you or you can pick it up from where Okay very good it's good to see you gentlemen thank you yes thank you we do appreciate what you're doing call the hall for the next case please
thank you that's That's That's a good nap right there oh man she just woke up oh how sweet if I had my phone I'd show you our grandkitties we had four little kittens born Sunday
oh Lord all Yeah no cats my wife would kill me if they're good to have outside the halls have been called and no one's present okay you may continue case please this is non-compliance hearing
case number 2021 00000088 the violation was chapter 5 section 521 unsafe structures address is at 94 South Park Street partial number is 253 November 1
1919450 000026 the property owner is the revocable trust of Dorisel Johnson thank you exhibit one shows us in city limits subject to the code of ordinances exhibit two is was the
inspection on 1118 of 2021 at that point time the roof was collapsing in exhibit 3 today's date 417 of 2025 the roof has been placed but the rest of the structure um still hasn't been brought into
um to compliance wood rot um different things like that still on the um sides of the building um case presented at the 11:11 2021 special mastery hearing where the property was found in violation of
chapter 5 section 521 special match rate required the property to be brought into compliance in 120 days 318 to 2022 or a daily $500 be assessed until brought into compliance on 331 2025 code enforcement inspected the property and the violation was not in compliance
prepared and sent a new um notice of hearing certified mail it was returned prepared and posted a notice of hearing on the property prepared and posted a notice of hearing um at city hall 417 2025 the property is still not in
compliance exhibit five affidate comp of non-compliance exhibit six notice of hearing exhibit seven notice of hearing tracking showing it was from returned exhibit Okay why does that keep flipping we'll
just go there exhibit 8 please find the property um is not in compliance please find that the proper notice the hearing was given to the respondent a fine of $1,112 excuse me $112 thou
$112,000 500 between 318 to 2022 and 417 to 2025 and should be assessed and continued $100 per day until the property is brought into compliance that'll be the end of my testimony very good i accept your testimony into the record as well as your exhibits uh into the record as well
is there anyone here to uh speak on behalf of the trust of Doris Johnson or 94 South Park Street hearing none and seeing none I'll render my order uh I don't find that this cause originally came before me um in the city of Defini Springs Walton County Florida on
November 18th 2021 after due notice to the parties at which time the special magistrate heard testimony under oath received evidence and being otherwise fully advised in the premises and ordering a certain corrective action and then on Thursday April 17th of 2025 after due notice to the respondent I
have heard testimony under oath received evidence heard argument hereby issue finding of facts conclusions of law and order as follows the respondent was required to take certain corrective action on or before Friday March 18th 2022 failing which a fine of $100 per day would begin to acrue as specifically
set forth in the findings of fact conclusion of law and order from the original hearing date an affidavit of non-compliance has been filed with the city by the city code enforcement officer which affidavit states said under oath that as of Friday March 18th 2022 the required corrective action has
not been taken as ordered respondent has not complied on or before uh the required corrective action date with the find within the finding of facts conclusion law and order and having heard this um previously on November 13 18 2021 on a Thursday uh it is hereby
ordered that the respondent is to pay pay the petitioner city of Definiac Springs Walton County Florida a fine in the amount of $112,500 for the fine proven here and above and which shall continue to acrue in the amount of $100 per day for each and every day that the violation exists
on the above described for property and that a respondent is further ordered to contact the city of DeFunak Springs Code Enforcement Office to arrange for a reinspection of the property in order to um once it has been um once Once it has been brought to compliance uh for the
for the fine of $100 a day to stop acrewing a certified copy of this order may be recorded and once recorded shall constitute a lean against the above stated property and all other real and personal property owned by the respondent pursuant to Florida Statute Chapter 162 done and ordered this is
17th day of April 2025 you may call the halls for your next case halls have been called no one is present one question on the last case who is handling Miss Johnson's properties now any idea any contact from anyone no the last time I had any contact was with the
son and she she still alive she's in the nursing home correct i do not know okay all right thank you very much this is a non-compliance hearing case number 2023 000000113 violations chapter 14 section
14-2 nuisances in hazardous or unsanitary conditions requirements addresses at 81 Graham Avenue partial number 253 November 1 191900 090 property owners the estate of Rosa Jamont exhibit one shows that the
properties inside the city limits subject to the code of ordinances exhibit two was of the inspection on 8:15 of 2024 um you can see there there was the hole in the roof and peeling
paint exhibit two inspection 417 2025 no repairs been made except for the slight patch on the roof and looks like the top back corner starting to pull away again exhibit four case was case was presented
at the 820 8:15 2024 special mastery hearing where property was found in violation of chapter 14 section 14-2 then the special match rate required the property to be brought in compliance in 60 days 1014 to 24 or a daily $500 be
assessed and brought into compliance 331 2025 code enforcement section of the property and the violations was not the property was not in compliance prepared and sent a new notice of hearing certified mail is still being out for delivery prepared and posted the property
prepared and posted a notice of hearing at city hall 417 2025 the property is still not in compliance exhibit five is the affidavit of non compliance exhibit six is the notice of hearing exhibit seven's the tracking showing is still out for delivery and exhibit 8 please
find that the property is not in compliance please find that the proper notice the hearing was given to the respondent a fine accured of $18,400 between 1014 and 2024 and 417 and 2025 and should be assessed and continued $100 per day until the property is brought in compliance
that'll be the end of my testimony all right i accept your testimony into the record but I do have a question when was the notice of hearing mailed out um 3:31 okay very good so it's had plenty of time yes ma'am all right thank you very much i accept your
testimony into the record as well as your affidavit and your PowerPoint presentation is there anyone here to speak on behalf of the estate of Rosa Jamat hearing none and seeing none I will issue my order i find that this cause came originally before me in the city of Defunia Springs Walton County
Florida at a hearing commencing on Thursday August 15 2024 after due notice to the parties at time which I heard testimony under oath received evidence and being otherwise fully advised in the premises and ordering a certain corrective action and then on today's date April 17 2025 after due notice to
the respondent the special magistrate having heard testimony under oath receiving evidence and hearing argument hereby issues the following finding of fact conclusion of law and order as follows the respondent was required to take certain corrective actions on or before Monday October 14th 2024
uh failing which a fine of $100 per day would begin to acrue specifically as set forth in the findings of fact conclusion of law and order which was issued on August 15 2024 an affidavit of non-compliance has been filed by the code enforcement officer Christopher Strong which affidavit certifies under oath that as
of Monday October 14th 2024 the required corrective action had not been taken as ordered respondent has not complied on or before the required corrective action date with the due within the finding of facts and conclusion of law and order heard on August 15 2024 it hereby
ordered that the respondant pay the petitioner city of Tfuniaak Springs Florida a fine amounting $18,400 for the proven here and above which shall constitute amount of $100 per day for each and every day that the violation exists on the above described property and the respondent is further
ordered to contact the city of Defunia Springs enforcement office to arrange for reinspection of the subject property to verify compliance with this order this $100 a day fine shall continue to acrue until such compliance is had and inspection has been had uh a certified
copy of this order may be recorded and once recorded shall constitute a lean against the above described property and all other real and personal property owned by the respondent pursuant to Florida Statutes Chapter 162 done and ordered this the 17th day of April 2025
wal County Florida that was the last case that was the last case yes sir okay Mr josh you're not going to testify before me today all right well we appreciate you being in the audience Mr u you as well we are hereby journ thank you