Infrastructure & Services Section :: Page 15

• Villagers asked to conserve water

  By YS News StaffApril 17, 2014

  

  The Ohio EPA is asking villagers to voluntarily reduce their water usage.

• Village Mediation mends village fences

  By Lauren Heaton

  

  The Village Mediation Program was erected in the 1980s to bring interested parties together to talk out their differences.

• Yellow Springs cuts energy use smartly

  By Megan BachmanMarch 13, 2014

  

  Yellow Springs shaved 3.7 percent off of its annual electricity use over the last three years, thanks to a communitywide energy-efficiency program.

• Miami Township Fire-Rescue squad gets accredited

  By Lauren HeatonFebruary 27, 2014

  

  Volunteerism may have dwindled over the past 50 years, but no where is it felt more seriously as a matter of life and death than in small town fire and EMS departments across the country. Miami Township Fire-Rescue is no exception.

• SIDEBAR: Yellow Springs Water Rate Hike

  By Diane Chiddister

  

  Vilage Council members agreed on a 15 percent increase in Village water rates.

• Yellow Springs Utility funds show deficits

  By Diane Chiddister

  

  At their Feb. 3 meeting, Village Council members heard that, in the projected 2014 Village budget, most of the Village enterprise (or utility) funds — the water fund, sewer fund and solid waste funds — show deficit spending.

• Village Council on water sourcing — Plant upgrade less expensive

  By Diane ChiddisterFebruary 13, 2014

  

  Renovating the existing Village water plant is doable and less expensive than the other two options being considered for sourcing local water, according to a presentation at Village Council’s Feb. 3 meeting.

• Village renews energy-saving program

  By Megan BachmanFebruary 2, 2014

  

  Yellow Springs saved 3.5 percent of its annual electric consumption over the last three years and now hopes to cut more with Efficiency Smart.

• Village moves fast on CBE funding

  By Diane ChiddisterJanuary 9, 2014

  

  Village Council is poised to move forward quickly on the Center for Business and Education, or CBE, at its Jan. 6 meeting.

• McKee Group holds forum— Villagers debate CBE funding

  By Diane ChiddisterDecember 19, 2013

  

  About 100 villagers turned out last Thursday evening to discuss whether the Village should fund the Center for Business and Education, or CBE. The community forum was sponsored by the James A. McKee Association and took place at the First Presbyterian Church, with Jalyn Roe serving as moderator. The evening began with three representatives of […]