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• Village Council— First step toward CBE funding

  By Diane ChiddisterDecember 12, 2013

  

  At their Dec. 2 meeting, Village Council voted to get more information on funding options regarding the Center for Business and Education, or CBE, by approving two resolutions that open discussions with an underwriter and a bond counsel.

• Village Council — Funding for CBE explored

  By Diane ChiddisterNovember 21, 2013

  

  At their Nov. 18 meeting, Village Council members agreed to begin exploring options for funding the infrastructure of the Center for Business and Education, or CBE.

• Wintrow, Housh, MacQueen win Council

  By Diane ChiddisterNovember 14, 2013

  

  An exceptionally large slate of candidates led to an exceptionally close race in the election for Yellow Springs Village Council. Incumbent Karen Wintrow and newcomers Brian Housh and Marianne MacQueen all came within single digits of each other in the race.

• Human error caused pool herbicide scare

  By Diane Chiddister

  

  Misinformation, a lack of communication and poor judgement all contributed to the gross overuse of a herbicide at the Gaunt Park pool in June, according to an investigation report presented to Village Council at Monday night’s meeting.

• Village Council— CBE funding talk continues

  By Diane ChiddisterNovember 7, 2013

  

  At their Oct. 21 meeting, Village Council members moved ahead with a request from Community Resources to pay $800,000 to finance the infrastructure for the Center for Business and Education, or CBE, but asked for something in return: that Community Resources become a state-designated community improvement corporation, or CIC, which would turn the private nonprofit into a quasi-government group.

• Village Council forum— Economy, manager search topic

  By Lauren Heaton

  

  For the second consecutive night, on Thursday, Oct. 24, nearly 200 people gathered at Mills Lawn auditorium for a McKee Group forum focused on the local elections. Thursday’s event featured the eight candidates who are running for three seats on Village Council. Villager Bruce Heckman moderated the two-hour event.

• Village Council— Hiring manager discussed

  By Diane ChiddisterOctober 31, 2013

  

  At its Oct. 21 meeting, Village Council took a first step toward hiring a new Village manager, with a discussion during which Council members reflected on lessons learned from past hiring practices.

• Village Council— New water lines funded

  By Lauren HeatonOctober 17, 2013

  

  Village Council approved the first reading of a resolution committing the Village to about half of the cost of a municipal water line improvement to increase water flow and fire safety to the village.

• Council moves to fund Center for Business and Education

  By Diane ChiddisterSeptember 26, 2013

  At its Sept. 16 meeting, Village Council took a first step toward approving a Tax Increment Financing, or TIF, funding mechanism to pay for $700,000 in remaining costs for infrastructure development at the Center for Business and Education, or CBE.

• Zoning update on final round

  By Diane ChiddisterSeptember 19, 2013

  The new Yellow Springs zoning code could allow more flexibility in how Yellow Springers live and work. Council passed the first reading of the updated code at its Sept. 3 meeting, and will vote on the second and final reading Sept. 16.