Royal council pleased with cleanup progress

Royal city council members are happy with how local residents are responding to letters asking them to clean up their properties.

During discussion on June 8, council members were informed that after a second inspection of properties, only 10 had not completely addressed issues listed in notices they had received. That compares to the more than 50 properties that were identified during the initial survey conducted in April.

“That is outstanding,” responded Mayor Josh Toft.

According to Council Member Mitch Fahnlander, progress was made at the 10 properties since the second letters were sent, “...