Comment on Dunbar residents to face liens for delinquent city fees

By Caitlin Cook Dunbar City Council took the final step in its efforts to place liens on properties with delinquent municipal fees during its Monday night meeting. Council approved changes to two ordinances on second reading paving the way for the Dunbar City Clerk's office to begin to process of notifying property owners of non-payments and pending liens. "I sympathize with the people who pay their bills and their next door neighbor doesn't pay their bills, yet they get the same service, and it is not fair," Dunbar Mayor Terry Greenlee said on the on-going issue. Upon receiving the delinquent municipal fee notices, citizens will have 90 days to pay their balance or set up a payment plan with the city before a lien is placed on their property. "It is important to pay your municipal bills - just like any other bill.