House on Fourth Street to get repair work

Commissioners agreed to give the property owner at 617 W. Fourth St. more time to make repairs to a dilapidated house on the lot.

Commissioners previously had ordered the home to demolished, but on Tuesday agreed to back off the order after a $60,000 bid to repair the structure was received by the property owner, which is an estate led by Jeanette Denton.

If steady progress isn’t made on the project, commissioners said they would move ahead with the demolition.