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Originally published Sept. 18, 2024
BELMONT COUNTY, Ohio – Shadyside resident Joyce Hartley confronted Belmont County Commissioners at their Wednesday meeting over what she described as a four-year struggle to have someone in authority recognize damage to her house and property.
Hartley said water runs across a road an onto her property and has caused significant damage over the years.
She listed issues with her house’s foundation and bowing and slipping.
She said she bought her home for $135,000 but its value has decreased substantially to $66,000 due to the water damage.
Hartley says this is not an issue for the township, but it the commissioners’ responsibility.
This needs to be fixed. It is your community ditch. It belongs to you.
Joyce Hartley, Shadyside resident
Hartley said she had brought the issue to commissioners and other officials before but the problem is still not solved.
You have yet to put me in handcuffs. I call you conspirators, corrupters.
Joyce Hartley, Shadyside resident
Hartley said she is now requesting a meeting with the full Board of Revisions since the last one she attended only had one member present.