The Cuyahoga County Recorder’s Office Is Dealing With a Bed Bug Infestation, If You’re Wondering Why Things Are Taking Longer Than Normal There -…

There's a reason for that: bed bugs.

The County confirmed that the office has been dealing with an infestation, per spokesperson Mary Louise Madigan.

And it's so bad that pest control companies have been out at least a dozen times.

A. Dozen. Times.

An internal email to county employees read:

Here's what we've done so far:

* General Pest, Inc. and Orkin technicians have been here at least a dozen times. They have: placed "monitoring stations" (traps) and used heat treatments up to 130f for 3 hours on surfaces in the affected areas. That is beyond the standard heat treatment. * General Pest used chemicals on all affected areas from ceiling to carpet. * Specially trained dogs have been in the building four separate times, most recently on October 12th. Despite these efforts, we've had two sightings in the same area on the fourth floor, room 4-100. Therefore, we are going to provide a more aggressive treatment tonight, Friday, 10/16 and again next Friday, 10/23.

The building will be monitored and inspected in between these scheduled treatments. Thank you for your continued patience - we are working to get this done.

On one listserv dedicated to the process of deed and title recording throughout Ohio, for example, someone recently asked why Cuyahoga County's turnaround time had been slower than usual.

Here was the reply, from someone at a local title agency:

So only a day or so of in person filings in last 3 weeks. Doubt if many mailed filings happened

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The Cuyahoga County Recorder's Office Is Dealing With a Bed Bug Infestation, If You're Wondering Why Things Are Taking Longer Than Normal There -...