Infrastructure & Services Section :: Page 13

• Village Council— Electric rate hike to start July 1

  By Diane ChiddisterApril 14, 2016

  

  Starting July 1, villagers are likely to see an increase in their electric bills, following Village Council’s unanimous vote at its April 4 meeting to amend the Village electric rate structure.

• Council questions water plant hike

  By Diane ChiddisterMarch 17, 2016

  

  Council members considered that question at their March 7 meeting whether the village could recoup some of the money it paid for initial designs of the new water plant, given that cost turned out to be grossly inaccurate.

• Village Council— Group urges a village-wide fiber network

  By Diane ChiddisterMarch 10, 2016

  

  A municipal fiber optic network would bring new jobs and business to the village, Village Council members were recently advised.

• Environmental Commission report to Council— Focus is on ‘organic land management’ and climate change

  By Diane Chiddister

  

  Educating villagers on alternatives to pesticides is one of the current projects of the Environmental Commission.

• Yellow Springs water plant cost goes up

  By Diane ChiddisterMarch 3, 2016

  

  The estimated cost of the new Village water plant increased during recent negotiations with the construction firm Council is hiring to build the plant.

• MTFR to recognize new and retiring volunteers

  By YS News StaffFebruary 22, 2016

  

  Miami Township Fire-Rescue, or MTFR, invites the public to its staff recognition, promotion and swearing in ceremony on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 7 p.m.

• Downtown businesses to be affected by brief electric outage on Saturday

  By Diane ChiddisterJanuary 15, 2016

  

  On Saturday morning, Jan. 16, downtown businesses can expect to have their electricity out for about five minutes when Xenia Avenue electric meters are switched out by Village crews.

• U.S. Route 68 closure scheduled for culvert work

  By YS News StaffAugust 3, 2015

  

  U.S. Route 68 will be closed for five days for culvert replacement work just north of SR 343.

• Village names internal water, wastewater supervisor

  By Lauren HeatonJuly 26, 2015

  

  After eight years with the Village, Brad Ault was named superintendent of water and wastewater treatment last week.

• Peak shaving? And I’ve got a beard…

  By YS News StaffJune 11, 2015

  

  Just what is peak shaving? It begs both snarky and serious answers.