Approximately one dozen properties are slated for tear-down and clean-up in Brookhaven over the coming months.

Tuesday in a public hearing, owners of published properties were given a opportunity to speak to the Board of Aldermen, Mayor Joe Cox, and City Inspector David Fearn. Letters had been sent to owners and/or family members concerning issues of safety and blight.

Only one owner appeared at the 6 p.m. meeting, but did not request leniency. She requested a little time to make certain everything that needed to be salvaged was removed from the property she had inherited from her grandmother, and to contact family regarding a vehicle on the property. But she gave her assent to the decaying home’s complete removal.

Fearn said a bill for the takedown would be sent to her, and the cost could be paid over time.

The City has $80,000 budgeted for removal of buildings that are falling down, when the owners cannot or refuse to take care of them. With the cost averaging more than $5,000 per property, that means 10-12 can be taken care of each fiscal year.

A total of 17 properties were on the list approved unanimously by the Board during the regular meeting that followed. As many as can be removed within the $80,000 budget will be taken care of, Fearn said.

Properties approved were:

1331 and 2241 Brignall Road (Ward 1)

907, 911 and 1001 East Cherokee Street (Ward 2)

853 Independence Street (Ward 1)

214 and 221 Avalon Street (Ward 2)

616 East Chickasaw Street (Ward 2)

147 and 151 West Enterprise Street (Ward 2)

315 East Minnesota Street (Ward 3)

711 Banks Alley (Ward 3)

203 Fulton Street (Ward 3)

925 Old Brook Road (Ward 3)

1001 and 1009 South Washington Street (Ward 3)

115 West Congress Street (Ward 3)