Greencastle Mayor-elect Linda Dunbar is wasting no time laying the foundation for what she wants to accomplish immediately as Mayor.

And, one of those things is taking a strong look at the city's codes and making sure they are being enforced. To help accomplish that goal, she has named John Burgess as the city's new fire inspector once Jan. 1 hits. Burgess will retire from his position as Greencastle fire chief and bring his knowledge and experience to city hall, according to Dunbar. 

Dunbar said Burgess will help work with businesses and help Dunbar with how the city does fire inspections and code enforcement. 

Dunbar said when she was on the campaign trail, she heard from residents who didn't want to be the ones to make the calls. 

She also said there will be a heavy emphasis on code enforcement during her administration. 

"If we are going to have the codes, the city needs to get out and enforce them. We will be putting an emphasis on enforcements and seeing what the problems are in our community by having someone who goes out and regularly checks for high grass, cars that are abandoned, things like that. We are going to get serious about code enforcement and on the whole, it will make Greencastle a much cleaner and better looking community with some of those things," Dunbar said. 

In addition, Dunbar said as they start going through the codes, looking to update them and see if codes on the books are even enforceable.

"We are going to be working on our comprehensive plan and some building codes that have caused contractors problems. That is a heavy item we are going to work on. It is easy to work on in the winter before we have to start enforcing in the spring time," Dunbar said.