HomeMy WebLinkAbout08-10-20 Public Comment - J. Hunter - Complaint Against Code Compliance Manager T"
604 W Arnold
Bozeman, MT 59715
08/02/20
I would like to lodge a complaint against Ken Phillips, your Code Compliance Manager.
Firstly, as I have noted in my e-mails and letters to Mr Phillips, I did not, and still do not
believe that any notice of snow removal was ever left at the property back on 01/29. Mr
Phillips has never proved that a notice was left and his first attempt to justify this only
proved that there was a City of Bozeman SUV sitting in the driveway. There was no one
at the house.
It then took almost a month for Mr Phillips to contact anyone about this when a notice
was sent to my landlord. Wouldn't have made just a tiny bit of sense to send something to
me?He then ignored a letter which I sent on 04/08 requesting additional information,
taking another month to contact me.
Mr Phillips decided to ignore my questions about why 604 was targeted for this. There
were sidewalks on Secor and Arnold that were never cleared of snow the entire winter.
The only proof that I eventually received showed a red Kia in the drive which was my ex-
partners and I assume that she lied to me when I asked if snow had been removed from
the sidewalk.
Despite my feelings that this whole thing was a `con job' to either raise money for the
original inspector and no doubt his contractor friend I started to make payments of$50 a
month. It may surprise Mr Phillips and also Laurae Clark that a$400 bill is almost a
week's pay. Of course Laurae ignored my last communication to her making the
assumption that I can use a credit card to pay the bill.
Any assistance in resolving this would be welcome. It appears that my offer to pay
monthly is not acceptable.
John Hunter