Animal control on Rotan City Council agenda

-Buildings to be demolished -

The Rotan City Council will meet Thursday 7 a.m. One of the items on the agenda is animal control.

At the commissioners meeting today, Sheriff Simon Wade addressed the court about the ongoing dog problem in the county. He posited the idea of having a county-wide agency and said he thought it would be helpful to have a working group to look into the issue. Commissioner Micah Evans made a motion to get a group together to come up with a plan to establish a county animal program and the motion was passed.

There have been rumors about demolition of the Family Dollar Store, White's Auto, Rotan Motor and the old teen center buildings. Commissioners court agenda item number seven verified the demo of Rotan Motor and the teen center as there was discussion of where to dispose of the rubble after the buildings are torn down.

Still no word on the other two buildings or the fate of Family Dollar.

Animal control on commissioners agenda

- Stray dogs in Rotan -

Fisher County Commissioners will convene tomorrow 9 a.m. in the county court room for the monthly meeting.

Item number 20 on the agenda is discuss and approve the formation of a working group to establish a county animal control program. This will be presented by Sheriff Simon Wade.

The entire agenda can be found on the Fisher County home page.

Bustle in the downtown blocks

There was a lot of activity this morning in the heart of Rotan. Two main stores that were damaged by a June storm have remained closed since that time, but it looks like there is progress on the horizon.

White's Hardware had bulk items on the sidewalk out front in a very organized manner. The store had an entire section so damaged that it had to be demolished; the east side of the store that was used for storage.

The Family Dollar store looks empty, perhaps from work done by the salvage company that was mentioned at the last city meeting. There has been no word from the city or newspaper about the future of the store. An email sent to the corporate office (by me) asking if the store will be re-opened, rebuilt or closed has not received a reply. There are two large roll-off dumpsters in front of the store.

Further down, close to Ray's on the west end, men were pulling material (plywood and such) off of a trailer and it looked like they were ready to fix something.

Take a cruise around the drag and check it out.