City of Winnipeg apologizes after demolition bill for over $6,000 sent to wrong homeowner
“The city still didn’t make anything happen,” she said. “They put some big fencing around it, but it’s not attached to anything. So people just moved it out of the way.” Ball said on Tuesday she was shocked when she came home to find a bill for demolition services from the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service.
“I opened it up and I’m dumbfounded to find a bill for almost $6,600 for the demolition of my house, not the house that burned down, but my house,” Ball said.In a statement to Global News Wednesday, a city spokesperson for the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service said they made a billing address error, and were working to contact the homeowner.“The bill for the demolition was sent to the homeowners at 199 Matheson Avenue East in error following a structure fire at a neighbouring home,” the statement said.Ball says the city needs to find a better way to deal with derelict buildings in a more timely fashion. “We need to be able to stay on top of things like this. If this has been dealt with in the beginning there wouldn’t have been the fire,” Ball said. “We’re dropping the ball when it comes to dealing with issues before they become disasters, and before someone loses a life.”
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