[26:05] We're going to call the meeting to

[26:06] order. I believe it is

[26:09] 3:13.

[26:12] Building Standards Commission,

[26:15] March 5th, 2026.

[26:19] We have Mark Miller here, Jimmy Head,

[26:25] Mikey Witworth, Jimmy Baker.

[26:31] » Spanky, will you lead us in pledge of

[26:32] allegiance and the invocation?

[26:34] >> Sure.

[26:39] » Pledge allegiance to the flag of the

[26:41] United States of America, to the

[26:44] republic for which it stands, one nation

[26:48] under God, indivisible, with liberty and

[26:51] justice for all.

[26:54] >> Let's pray. Father, just thank you for

[26:57] today. Thank you for this time together.

[26:59] Just uh be with the committee as we make

[27:01] decisions uh for our citizens and for

[27:04] the city. Just uh help us to use your

[27:08] wisdom to be able to do that. I just

[27:11] lift up our country to you uh our

[27:14] leaders and uh all the people in the

[27:16] military at this time just protection

[27:19] for them. I ask it all in Jesus name.

[27:21] Amen.

[27:22] >> Amen.

[27:30] We have any questions or comments from

[27:32] citizens at this time?

[27:37] Okay, we'll move on to

[27:41] the minutes. I'll entertain a motion

[27:45] from the previous meeting's minutes.

[27:49] >> I'd make a motion to accept the minutes

[27:51] as written. I'll second it.

[27:54] >> First is made by Spanky, second by Mark

[27:58] Miller. All in favor?

[28:00] >> I I

[28:03] all approve.

[28:07] We will move on to new building cases.

[28:12] We're going to open this up to public

[28:14] forum.

[28:17] And the first new case we have is 707

[28:20] Moody Street.

[28:23] All right. So, we don't have anybody

[28:24] here to represent that today. Um, today

[28:28] we're asking for an order to abate the

[28:30] trash and debris off the property. Um,

[28:33] as far as notices, we haven't been able

[28:35] to send them anywhere. It's a unknown

[28:38] address for the owner. So I'm posting

[28:40] the notices on the property just

[28:42] stapling them to a stake and we haven't

[28:45] had any contact from them at all. So

[28:48] we're just asking for an order to abate.

[28:50] >> Okay.

[28:52] >> Is that including the the shop or garage

[28:55] that's fallen over? Is that part of that

[28:57] property?

[28:58] >> No, that's on the neighbor property.

[29:02] » Okay.

[29:04] Anybody

[29:07] else have a question?

[29:11] We'll close and let take appropriate

[29:13] action.

[29:16] » Make a motion to abate the property.

[29:19] >> We've got a first made by Spanky to

[29:21] abate the property.

[29:22] >> Second.

[29:23] by Mark.

[29:27] All in favor?

[29:29] I I

[29:35] Motion passes.

[29:41] We'll open up again public forum.

[29:46] We'll move on to 100 South Harvey.

[29:54] Can you state your name?

[30:02] Can you tell us what you got going on?

[30:06] >> Uh, I have squatters on my property and

[30:10] they've steadily added more trash and more trash onto it for

[30:14] the last nine months, probably 10

[30:16] months. I've been trying to get them out

[30:18] of my house. I've not had the money to

[30:20] get the eviction notice put on there.

[30:23] Um, I've got this I got this off the

[30:25] line and I was going to put it on the my

[30:27] door today. It's I don't know if it's

[30:30] legal or not. That's what I brought it

[30:31] here for to see if it was. It's just a

[30:34] three-day notice for them to leave.

[30:37] But I went to the police. I've went I've

[30:40] talked to everybody that I know of to

[30:42] talk to and I just can't get them off

[30:43] there. And yesterday I went to go clean

[30:46] the lot up and soon as I picked

[30:48] something up that the boy that's staying

[30:50] there, he told me not to touch it. it

[30:52] was his and there happened to be I don't

[30:54] know if they called the police or what

[30:55] that happened but the police was there

[30:57] and they told me that I can't touch

[30:59] anything. I can't move anything off the

[31:01] property because it's not mine. So, I'm

[31:05] just trying to get them out and get it

[31:07] cleaned up.

[31:09] >> Have you been in touch with any of the

[31:11] city personnel?

[31:12] >> I just I called him yesterday.

[31:13] >> Yeah. So, yesterday was our first

[31:15] contact with her.

[31:18] >> I didn't know who to get a hold of or

[31:19] nothing. and they haven't been able to

[31:20] get a hold of me and I haven't been able

[31:21] to get a hold of them because they've

[31:23] been throwing away everything that's

[31:24] been put on the house or any mail that's

[31:26] been sent there. They've been throwing

[31:27] it all away.

[31:29] So, I just ain't been able to I've been

[31:32] staying with my boyfriend to avoid them

[31:35] mostly and I just ain't had no way to

[31:39] know anything about it. I guess

[31:42] they just now let me know. So, that's

[31:44] what I'm trying to do. I'm trying to get

[31:45] them off of there and then as soon as I

[31:48] do, I'll get it cleaned up. They're

[31:49] cleaning on it today. I've told I told

[31:51] them a month ago that what was going to

[31:53] happen and so they've been they started

[31:55] cleaning on it yesterday, I guess, after

[31:56] I left.

[31:58] >> So, you said it cost to file.

[32:02] >> Yeah, it cost $150 to file an eviction notice and then $50 for each

[32:07] person you want to get off of there.

[32:09] >> And who do you file that with the city?

[32:11] >> I haven't filed it yet. No.

[32:13] >> I mean, is that who you would? Jug

[32:15] County

[32:16] >> County

[32:20] » and there's two people to stay in there.

[32:22] So that's that's like $250 that I don't

[32:25] have.

[32:26] >> Well, sure. I'm with you. What can the

[32:29] city do anything?

[32:33] So

[32:34] like as far as them people being there,

[32:37] I mean she has to go through the legal

[32:38] recourse to have them removed from the

[32:42] property and and the first step in that

[32:44] is going and visiting with the local JP

[32:46] court. I'm not sure what precinct which

[32:49] one she need to go see, but you can

[32:51] start off just going to the

[32:53] >> I went here to the police station and I

[32:56] talked to them.

[32:57] >> Well, it wouldn't be with the police

[32:58] station. It' be with the county access.

[33:00] uh that you need to see the

[33:03] >> can I put this on my door?

[33:05] >> That's what I'm trying to tell you is

[33:07] you need to ask them.

[33:08] >> Okay?

[33:08] >> Because they they control that. The the

[33:10] city does not control that. Uh the local

[33:14] justice of the peace,

[33:15] >> okay?

[33:16] >> Whoever is over your precinct is who

[33:18] you'll officially need you'll see. But

[33:20] one of the precincts, their offices is

[33:22] down at the county annex. Okay.

[33:24] >> Where the sheriff's office is at that

[33:26] same building.

[33:27] >> So,

[33:28] >> okay. Just ask for the justice of the

[33:30] peace and and they'll get you in the

[33:33] right direction.

[33:33] >> Okay. Thank you.

[33:36] >> That's all I know to do though.

[33:39] >> So when the when something like this

[33:41] happens, can the city not I mean do they

[33:43] not do we not knock on the door and say,

[33:45] "Hey, you got a mess. You need to get it

[33:47] cleaned up or that's not part of the

[33:48] deal or what?"

[33:50] >> Yes, we have talked to somebody at the

[33:52] property.

[33:54] Her name was uh

[33:55] >> Brandy.

[33:56] Yes. Yes.

[33:58] >> What did she say?

[34:00] >> She said that they were working on

[34:01] cleaning it up, but um I haven't seen

[34:04] any progress.

[34:06] >> No, other than today, I haven't seen

[34:09] they hadn't done nothing.

[34:13] » So, they're staying in your house and

[34:14] it's

[34:15] >> they it's actually I have a house in my

[34:17] sister's trailer is right in the on the

[34:20] same lot. Yeah. and they they broke into

[34:22] the trailer and they threw away all my

[34:23] sister's stuff and they moved into it

[34:26] and I just can't get them out of there.

[34:29] My sister's in ICU and Amarilla right

[34:31] now and she ain't been able to do

[34:33] nothing either cuz she's been she's got

[34:35] cancer.

[34:36] >> But they didn't start renting from you

[34:40] to start with?

[34:40] >> No. No. I've told them from the day that

[34:43] they showed up to get out

[34:46] and they just stayed and stayed and they

[34:47] just stay. They say they ain't got

[34:48] nowhere to go.

[34:51] Is there a trailer hitch on the trailer?

[34:54] >> Yeah,

[34:56] it'd be hard to move it though.

[35:01] » And so what we're asking for is a order

[35:03] to abate the trash and debris there

[35:05] also. Um this particular case is uh 6

[35:09] months old already. And I went back and

[35:11] looked and it's the sixth code

[35:13] enforcement case that's been opened up

[35:15] here that's related whether it be trash

[35:17] and debris or outdoor storage or junk

[35:19] vehicles.

[35:20] >> So it is becoming a nuisance.

[35:23] >> She cannot pick up none of the trash,

[35:25] but the city can go in there and do it

[35:28] >> under y'all's order. Now we don't

[35:31] necessarily want to have to do that. I

[35:33] mean, I would rather make the property

[35:36] owner responsible, but at some point in

[35:38] time,

[35:41] >> we do need to get it picked up whether

[35:43] it's them or us.

[35:45] >> They've started cleaning on it and I,

[35:47] like I said, I I would go clean it if I

[35:49] could.

[35:50] >> But the police told you to leave it

[35:52] alone.

[35:53] >> Yep.

[35:54] >> So,

[35:56] does that come back? Does she have to

[35:57] pay anything if this if we file the

[36:00] abatement?

[36:01] >> So, yeah. So, if if if y'all give us the

[36:04] order to abate the property, then

[36:06] there's going to be a total on the

[36:09] weight that we pick up from there and

[36:12] that that would be she would get a bill

[36:15] for that and if she didn't pay it'd be

[36:17] assessed a lean on that property.

[36:21] >> Could I just land it up?

[36:26] » We go back to the justice of the peace.

[36:29] Okay. that the justice of peace is

[36:31] controlling what you can do.

[36:33] >> Okay.

[36:35] >> But if you would start that process, I

[36:37] I'd be more than glad to let you pick it

[36:39] up.

[36:40] >> Okay.

[36:42] >> I'll go talk to them today.

[36:43] >> But I can but the justice of peace is

[36:45] the one that has to tell you that you

[36:47] can't.

[36:48] >> Okay.

[36:50] >> I have a job where I work nights, so

[36:52] it's hard for me to be up during the day

[36:54] most of the time. But but I will go and

[36:56] I will talk to her.

[37:10] I mean,

[37:13] it's

[37:13] >> not right.

[37:16] >> I'll make them prove what's theirs.

[37:18] >> It's on your property. I'd have to go

[37:21] through one by one and prove that it's

[37:23] not theirs. I couldn't prove that it's

[37:24] mine either.

[37:27] Well, I mean, I think if like Larry

[37:30] said, if you want to check with your JP

[37:32] and your precinct and see what has to be

[37:35] done,

[37:36] >> Yeah.

[37:37] >> then

[37:39] if it was mine

[37:42] and it's going to cost money to do that,

[37:45] I would

[37:47] um let the city let us do an abatement

[37:52] on it and then see what that's going to

[37:53] cost.

[37:54] >> Okay. As far as the weight,

[37:55] [clears throat]

[37:56] >> yeah, I can do that.

[37:56] >> I think the weight would be cheaper.

[37:59] >> Maybe

[37:59] >> do that.

[38:04] » Any idea what the cost might be? Just a

[38:06] guess.

[38:07] >> From what the policeman told me, he said

[38:09] that it'd be $150 right off the bat.

[38:12] >> No, they're talking about the weight of

[38:13] the trash that they're going to go

[38:14] remove from there.

[38:15] >> Oh, okay. I don't

[38:16] >> Yeah. So our part would be weighed up

[38:18] the trash, but her cost of getting them

[38:21] out going through the JP court.

[38:24] She [clears throat] has to originally

[38:25] pay a certain fee, which I don't know

[38:27] the fees,

[38:29] and then they start the process, but

[38:31] then when it comes down to if they have

[38:33] still not got out of that property, then

[38:35] you had to pay more money to have the

[38:37] sheriff's department remove them.

[38:41] >> [clears throat]

[38:43] >> It's frustrating, but

[38:44] >> and you have to leave their belongings

[38:46] out on the in the rideway for a certain

[38:48] amount of time. I think it's like 48

[38:50] hours, something like that. Then once

[38:51] that period is up, then she can dispose

[38:53] of it however she wants to dispose of

[38:55] it.

[38:56] >> They say a reasonable amount of time.

[38:58] >> Yeah.

[39:00] >> Okay. So, if we order an abatement, the

[39:02] city's going to go clean all the stuff

[39:03] up and haul it off.

[39:05] >> Correct.

[39:06] >> But as far as people being gone, that's

[39:08] not

[39:08] >> they won't even make them leave. No.

[39:11] All they'll do is they'll clean it up

[39:16] » and then they'll bring all the stuff

[39:17] back

[39:18] >> and then Yeah.

[39:20] So, I just I'll go see the Justice Peace

[39:23] and I can see what she what they can do

[39:26] about it. If you could just wait till I

[39:29] can do that.

[39:32] >> Any other questions?

[39:36] » We're going to close the open meeting.

[39:39] appropriate action.

[39:42] >> Oh, if she's going to go see the

[39:43] justice, please. Would you put it off

[39:45] for a month and see what the justice

[39:47] says?

[39:49] >> Is that what we're saying?

[39:51] >> That's

[39:53] >> I'm entertaining a motion.

[39:55] >> That would be fine with me.

[39:57] >> You want to go see the justice of the

[39:58] peace and see what you can do?

[40:00] >> Yeah. I want to get them off of its

[40:02] property. I move we put it off for a

[40:04] month in and see what just

[40:06] >> We've got a

[40:09] motion to review it in a month with next

[40:12] meeting. I have a second.

[40:15] [cough]

[40:16] >> We got a first by Jimmy Head, a second

[40:19] by Mark Miller. All in favor?

[40:24] » Thank you.

[40:25] >> Please know how you come out.

[40:26] >> I will. Thank you. Ma'am, if

[40:27] >> you want to join me out here and then

[40:30] get the

[40:41] » [laughter]

[40:42] >> come visit you.

[40:45] >> Okay, we're going to open it back up and

[40:48] go to pending cases and we have 1306

[40:51] Wisconsin Street.

[40:54] Lovely.

[40:55] >> Could you state your name?

[40:56] >> Jessica Charlton.

[41:04] I'm in the same spot [laughter] progress

[41:06] going. [clears throat] I

[41:07] >> We've done some more work and then um

[41:10] it's not been a lot because the guy that

[41:12] I've got paid for do it, his mom has

[41:14] fallen sick and so he's like her primary

[41:16] caregiver. So, he ain't been able to

[41:18] come out too much and do too much more.

[41:21] And then

[41:23] yeah, I'm just like, yes, the hole is

[41:26] back in my yard, but I got my plumbing

[41:28] done this weekend and they're coming to

[41:30] fill it in tomorrow. [laughter] But

[41:32] other than that, it's one neighbor

[41:35] complaining about my yard.

[41:38] And yeah, he don't even have to come

[41:39] down to my area. He he can stay on that

[41:42] side of the alley. But he's been bugging

[41:44] me for years. And it's just, you all my

[41:48] meters are accessible. I I don't

[41:51] understand why I'm still on this list.

[41:58] » Johnny, would you like to speak on that?

[42:01] >> Yeah. So, the rest of the trash and the

[42:03] debris will have to be removed before we

[42:05] can get you completely off this list. We

[42:08] need to get you all the way into

[42:09] compliance. So, a lot of that stuff uh

[42:13] it it had been sitting there. So, I

[42:15] looked at pictures from September and

[42:17] then pictures from today and a lot of

[42:19] that stuff in the exact same spot.

[42:21] >> Yeah, like I said, his mom has went,

[42:23] she's gotten sick and he's the primary

[42:24] caregiver, so he ain't been able to

[42:26] come. It's Chad Binger.

[42:28] >> The property has come a long way

[42:30] >> and um there's not much left. I imagine

[42:32] that you could probably get a dump

[42:34] trailer and get the last bit of it in

[42:37] one last final push, you know.

[42:41] But our recommendation today, we're

[42:43] going to defer to the board.

[42:48] » I'm sorry, I didn't hear your

[42:50] recommendation.

[42:51] >> We're going to defer that decision to

[42:53] the board as to whether give that

[42:55] cleanup order or table it for uh the

[42:58] next meeting.

[43:00] >> You'd like a have a defined date,

[43:02] though, correct?

[43:04] >> Yes, sir. Yeah, this case is now a year

[43:07] and six months old. So, I I would

[43:08] definitely like to see it come to a

[43:10] conclusion.

[43:13] >> I mean, you know, honestly, we'd love

[43:15] nothing better than to take you off the

[43:17] list if the place was cleaned up.

[43:19] >> I mean, I've only been back in the house

[43:21] for like seven months. I wasn't even

[43:24] living there before.

[43:26] >> But by those seven months, I've done a

[43:29] lot of work.

[43:30] >> I think it came to us originally to be

[43:32] tore down.

[43:34] >> That was years ago.

[43:35] >> Yep.

[43:35] >> And I got it all cleaned up back then.

[43:37] And then my dad ended up getting a

[43:39] divorce and moving back over there and

[43:41] brought all his stuff from his out of

[43:42] county house back over to that property.

[43:45] And now he lives in love and I'm having

[43:48] to deal with it all again. And

[43:51] >> how long do you need for month?

[43:54] >> Can I have a month?

[43:58] They they said they'll come help do it.

[44:00] But

[44:02] >> any other questions?

[44:05] We're going to close open form and go to

[44:08] take appropriate actions.

[44:10] >> Make a motion we review it at the next

[44:12] meeting.

[44:13] >> We got a motion by

[44:15] Spanky to review it at the next meeting.

[44:17] Do we have a second?

[44:19] >> Sure.

[44:20] >> We got a second from Jimmy Head. All in

[44:23] favor?

[44:23] >> I

[44:27] >> Thanks, guys.

[44:28] >> Motion's approved.

[44:30] >> Please.

[44:31] get it done.

[44:33] >> No. What' you I said, "Please get it

[44:34] done."

[44:35] >> I will. I will.

[44:35] >> Thank you.

[44:40] >> Okay. Now, we're going to hear 134

[44:43] Airline.

[44:44] >> Arline. Yeah.

[44:44] >> Harland.

[44:48] » What's your name?

[44:48] >> My name's Buddy Woodward.

[44:50] >> Hey, buddy.

[44:51] >> Thanks for coming.

[44:52] >> It's coming along. I think it's pretty

[44:55] good. I think you can just have a couple

[44:56] more vehicles out here. I got to move.

[44:58] >> Yeah. So, there is the vehicles left. Uh

[45:01] I went by there today and most

[45:04] everything outside the fence is taken

[45:06] care of and the fence was put back

[45:09] together correctly. It looks like um

[45:11] there is still a bunch of stuff behind

[45:13] the fence but

[45:14] >> I'm going through it slowly separating

[45:16] it.

[45:17] >> So the vehicles um we can handle those

[45:20] through code enforcement and uh as far

[45:23] as as far as the property, we're going

[45:26] to also defer that decision to the

[45:29] board. So everything outside of the the

[45:32] fence viewable from the street is taken

[45:34] care of.

[45:36] >> Status on the the [clears throat]

[45:38] trailer that the city was going to was

[45:41] the city going to get rid of that?

[45:43] >> Yeah, it's still on our list. It's

[45:46] moving up the list as we're knocking out

[45:48] demolitions, but

[45:50] >> uh it's

[45:50] >> it's still there.

[45:52] >> Yeah, she she you live in it, right? The

[45:55] trailer. That's

[45:57] >> No. So there's there's a

[45:59] >> her property.

[45:59] >> Yeah.

[46:00] >> Right. That's what Yeah, she does.

[46:01] >> The one that we're going to demolish.

[46:03] It's actually right next door,

[46:05] >> I think. 136 R line.

[46:11] » Do they live in this trailer?

[46:15] >> Yeah, the the there's one on the north

[46:17] side that's outside

[46:22] around

[46:45] And the reason I bring up the fence is

[46:48] uh so there's a expectation of privacy

[46:50] right there. So I can't go looking over

[46:52] it. But I have passed by with the fence

[46:54] open and I can tell that there's still a

[46:56] lot of stuff back there that does need

[46:58] to be cleaned up. But once that fence is

[47:01] closed, then I don't, you know, I'm not

[47:04] going to go looking over it.

[47:10] » And what do you have a plan on the

[47:13] vehicles?

[47:14] >> Um, well, yeah. Yeah, we'll get rid of

[47:17] them. We're going to get rid of them. I

[47:19] got I had somebody that's interested in

[47:20] buying one that's under the tarp in the

[47:22] front.

[47:22] >> Yeah.

[47:23] >> And uh he just started his job, so I was

[47:24] going to let him get a couple checks up

[47:26] before he paid for it. But I probably

[47:27] arrange it to where I go ahead and get

[47:29] it to his property. Get that one out of

[47:31] the way. And the blazer over front. I

[47:35] guess we'll just move into the yard.

[47:41] » Johnny, you feel like they're far enough

[47:43] we can remove them at this point and

[47:44] just take care of it with code

[47:46] enforcement. Is that correct?

[47:48] I believe I can work those junk vehicles

[47:51] through code enforcement and uh say as

[47:53] far as the trash and the debris,

[47:56] everything I can see from public right

[47:58] away is taken care of pretty much.

[48:01] There's a couple little small things,

[48:02] but

[48:06] not enough to keep it on the agenda, I

[48:09] believe.

[48:14] » Any other questions?

[48:19] We'll close it the open form and take

[48:22] appropriate action.

[48:25] » Make a motion that we remove it.

[48:33] » What's motion, Mark?

[48:34] >> Okay. I thought it was a question.

[48:36] >> Okay. [laughter]

[48:37] >> It was a semi in there.

[48:39] >> Okay. We got a first by Mark. remove it

[48:42] from the

[48:44] then a second by Jimmy Head. All in

[48:46] favor?

[48:50] » I motion carries.

[48:55] » Thanks y'all.

[48:56] >> Thank you.

[48:57] guys.

[49:08] » Yeah, I wasn't sure if I was supposed to

[49:09] add anything or not.

[49:12] Okay, I'll entertain a motion on a

[49:14] journey.

[49:16] >> Motion to adjourn. Second, I

[49:18] >> think he's made a motion to journ.

[49:21] All in favor? I I

[49:26] meeting is closed.

City of Borger Building Standards Commission - March 5th, 2026

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