CHESAPEAKE — For a dollar and a little patience the Chesapeake Village Council can be on its way to wiping out some of the eyesores in the village.

That is if council adopts part of the tax lien program set up by County Treasurer Stephen Burcham, who spoke to council at its monthly meeting this week.

“This is for a piece of property that is dilapidated and abandoned and has a bunch of taxes associated with it,” Burcham said. “It is for a place where people have walked away. I am proposing to sell the tax lien to the municipality, not to an individual. I am not interesting in enriching anyone’s pocketbook.”

Burcham will sell the tax liens on such eyesores to a village for $1 per lien.

“The remainder of the taxes will be written off,” he said. “(The municipalities) will go through the foreclosure process after one year and then at that point, the title would go to the village or a township and they can have the structure torn down.”

After the structure is demolished, the village can use the land for a municipal project or sell it to put it back into the tax rolls.

“I did make a promise if they decide not to go through with (the foreclosure), I will give them the dollar back,” Burcham said.

The council also passed a resolution to purchase a 2005 model cruiser for $3,150 and repair the engine of another one for $3,200. Council agreed to sell the Dodge cruiser in its fleet.

“The reason it is a high performance car and we don’t need a high performance car to do our work,” Mayor Dick Gilpin said.

The council is also going to see if it is eligible to have periodically only partial audits performed to save up to 30 percent in costs. Right now the mandatory full audit costs the village between $8,000 and $9,000.