Articles About Mayor's Court

• Village Council — YSPD review in progress

  By Megan BachmanMay 2, 2019

  

  Bob Wasserman’s career in law enforcement started in Yellow Springs where, as an Antioch undergrad, he volunteered as a night dispatcher for the YS Police Department under then-Chief Jim McKee.

• Village Council — More cases for Mayor’s Court

  By Megan BachmanOctober 18, 2018

  

  After several years of community discussion, a plan to hear more cases in the local Mayor’s Court was approved by Council at its October 2 meeting.

• Village Council — Home, Inc. requests funds

  By Megan BachmanOctober 4, 2018

  

  Local affordable housing developer Home, Inc. can help the Village meet its housing goals, according to a funding pitch made by Home, Inc.’s board and staff at Village Council’s Sept. 17 meeting. 

• Council hears new proposal for Mayor’s Court cases

  By Megan BachmanSeptember 20, 2018

  

  A new plan to bring more cases before the Yellow Springs Mayor’s Court was discussed at Council’s Sept. 4 meeting.

• Village Council — Mayor’s Court proposal stalls

  By Diane ChiddisterJune 7, 2018

  

  At Village Council’s May 21 meeting, Police Chief Brian Carlson asked Council for more time before Council votes on whether to require that local police send all appropriate cases to the local Mayor’s Court rather than Xenia Municipal Court.

• Support for housing’s next steps

  By Diane ChiddisterMay 24, 2018

  

  At Village Council’s May 7 meeting, Council gave verbal approval to the  Housing Advisory Group to move ahead with efforts to address local housing needs.

• Village Council— RJ Hawley leaves Yellow Springs police

  By Diane ChiddisterMay 11, 2017

  

  Four months after the New Year’s Eve Ball Drop incident that an independent investigator described as “volatile and unsafe” due to police actions, the senior officer during the incident, RJ Hawley, is leaving the police department.

• Village Council— Council dips into mayor’s role

  By Lauren HeatonJune 11, 2015

  

  At its meeting Monday, June 1, Village Council held an initial discussion on potential revisions to the Village Charter, including the replacement of mayor with a member of Village Council.

• Mayor’s Court being used less

  By Lauren HeatonOctober 9, 2014

  

  over the past five years, the use of the local Mayor’s Court has declined to less than half the cases it was handling five years ago.