‘Do we need to be in the mowing business?’ Alderman questions City’s mowing of private lots - Daily Leader

‘Do we need to be in the mowing business?’ Alderman questions City’s mowing of private lots - Daily Leader

“Do we need to be in the mowing business?” Ward 4 Alderman Jeff Henning asked the question — not for the first time in his tenure — at the Brookhaven Board of Aldermen meeting Tuesday, May 6. Henning addressed City Inspector David Fearn with the question, after confirming the municipality charges $250 per cutting per privately-owned lot. Fearn said the charge assessed to owners of unkempt lots was $50 at one time, but the Board had increased it …