After seeing a "worsening" situation at 305 Sunset Drive, the City of Shelbyville Board of Works felt a duty to the surrounding neighbors to address the issues at a nuisance property.

At Tuesday morning's meeting at City Hall, the three-member Board of Works ordered remediation of the property -- essentially cleaning it up -- with the services to be billed to the homeowner, Barbara Johnson.

Johnson appeared before the Board of Works several weeks ago and admitted she had a problem with hoarding. That surprised Mayor Tom DeBaun, a member of the Board of Works, who stated in his nearly 30 years of service, no one came before the board and admitted to having a problem with hoarding.

The Board of Works extended Johnson a grace period to work on the property and offered assistance. But no progress has been made and the property was getting worse.

"We have to take these actions," said David Finkel, who along with Bob Williams, make up the Board of Works.