At Tuesday night's Clinton City Council meeting, ordinances intended to clean up the City were approved. 

On the WHOW Morning Show Wednesday, Clinton Mayor Helen Michelassi told Regional Radio she appreciates everyone who came out to the meeting voiced their opinions, whether they were in favor of or opposed to the new nuisance ordinances. She says they passed the ordinances so they could have a jumping off point. 

The Mayor says their primary goal when it comes to a resident who may not be in compliance, is to help them get into compliance rather than flood them with fines and citations to make money. 

City Administrator Tony Harris says part of the effort to clean up the City is for economic development. They want to attract business and families to Clinton to grow the community and its collective success. 

While Mayor Michelassi and Harris spoke about the future of the ordinances, right now they are specifically focused on abandoned buildings in Clinton. Harris notes this is a project he began soon after he took the role of City Administrator.

Many City leaders have reiterated that the nuisance ordinances are not an effort to make money off of the people of Clinton.