GIRARD — City officials were made aware of a stinky situation in a residential neighborhood where several skunks have been sighted.

Annette Minniti of Stambaugh Street told council on Monday that neighborhood residents see three to four skunks at night and early in the morning.

“We are having problems again with skunks. I know before when this happened a trapper came down and caught a couple of the skunks. The skunks have gotten really bad again,” she said.

Minniti had photos of the skunks in her yard. She said she believes they are in the neighborhood because nearby properties have junk and debris that attracts them. She said those owners and or renters do not take care to clean up their properties.

“What can I do to get the city to help us? When I leave to go to work early in the morning I have to scope out my yard through my windows because the skunks are out there waiting. I am afraid when I go out I will be sprayed. That is how bad they are,” she said.

Minniti said residents can’t open their windows or run a fan or air conditioner in the window at night when it is hot outside because the skunks are right there by the windows.

“How would you feel if this was your home and you had skunks?” Minniti said.

Safety/Service Director Jerry Lambert said he will contact a trapper, who comes to the city on a regular basis, to visit the neighborhood to trap the skunks.

Read MORE in Tuesday’s VINDICATOR.