Articles About village council

• Council holds 2023 budget work sessions

  By Cheryl DurgansDecember 11, 2022

  

  Since late October, Village Council members Carmen Lee, Marianne MacQueen, Gavin DeVore Leonard, Kevin Stokes and Brian Housh have engaged in a series of work sessions centering on the 2023 Village budget. These discussions have involved staff, including Village Manager Josué Salmerón and Public Works Director Johnnie Burns.

• Village Council discusses vendor fees

  By Jessica ThomasDecember 10, 2022

  

  At its most recent meeting on Monday, Nov. 21, Village Council members heard a first reading of an ordinance aimed at tracking and regulating door-to-door sales people and itinerant vendors who sell their wares in the village. If the legislation passes as read, vendors will be required to register monthly with the Village and pay a $25 fee each month.

• Village Council Emergency Meeting

  By YS News StaffJuly 7, 2020

  

  Virtual Meeting • Wednesday, July 8, 2020 at 1 p.m.

• Council declares racism ‘public health crisis’

  By Megan BachmanJuly 1, 2020

  

  At its June 15 regular meeting, Village Council declared racism a public health crisis and committed to taking “meaningful action” to respond to the “death, trauma and injury caused by institutional racism.”

• Council urges masks in public; won’t enforce

  By Megan BachmanJune 24, 2020

  

  At its June 15 virtual meeting, Village Council passed a resolution asking people to wear a facial covering, socially distance from one another and clean their hands frequently while in downtown Yellow Springs to slow the spread of COVID-19.

• Regular Council Meeting — June 1, 2020

  By Megan BachmanJune 17, 2020

  

  The following items were discussed at Council’s June 1 regular meeting, held on the videoconference app Zoom.

• Village Council— Village projects revenue loss

  By Megan BachmanMay 6, 2020

  

  The Village of Yellow Springs is planning for a possible loss of $320,000 in tax revenue due to the COVID-19 crisis and its related economic impacts.

• Village Council declares state of emergency

  By Megan BachmanApril 29, 2020

  

  At its April 20 virtual meeting, Village Council unanimously passed a resolution declaring a state of emergency in Yellow Springs due to the coronavirus crisis.

• Village Council meetings go virtual

  By Megan BachmanApril 22, 2020

  

  Three people were personally present in Council chambers on Monday, April 6, for Yellow Springs Village Council’s first full meeting since in-person gatherings were limited during the coronavirus pandemic.

• Council weighs jail response

  By Megan BachmanMarch 19, 2020

  

  At its March 3 regular meeting, Village Council hashed out a letter to the Greene County Commissioners on their proposal to build a new county jail.