Infrastructure & Services Section :: Page 25

• Village Council — Sidewalk policy to change

  By Diane ChiddisterOctober 14, 2010

  Recently Village Council took a first step toward changing Village policy on sidewalk maintenance, shifting from charging home-owners for sidewalk repairs to treating sidewalks similarly to streets, as part of the Village budget.

• The keeper of the water’s source

  By Lauren Heaton

  

  Like the air we breathe, the water we drink is of vital importance to our health, yet its origins beyond the tap are somewhat mysterious. Down at the southern end of the village nestled among the foliage on Jacoby Road…

• Proposal considered for affordable village housing

  By Diane ChiddisterOctober 7, 2010

  Village Council members began a discussion on a proposal for a modest joint Village/Home, Inc., project for affordable housing.

• Council eyes sidewalk policy

  By Diane ChiddisterSeptember 30, 2010

  At their Oct. 4 meeting, Village Council members will continue a discussion on long-range Village sidewalk policy, and consider whether current policy, which assesses property owners for sidewalk repair, should be revised. “Something needs to happen,” Council member Karen Wintrow said last week, stating that Council should “provide more clarity and direction for citizens.”

• Village applies for road grant

  By Diane ChiddisterSeptember 16, 2010

  At their Sept. 7 meeting, Village Council members unanimously approved a grant application for state funding for the widening of a portion of Dayton-Yellow Springs Road, a move that is necessary to create an intersection for entering a new access road to the Center for Business and Education, or CBE.

• Vernay is potential solar site

  By Diane ChiddisterSeptember 9, 2010

  At their Sept. 7 meeting, Village Council members took their first official step toward adding solar power to the Village energy portfolio when they unanimously approved the first reading of an ordinance for an AMP solar energy subscription package.

• Solar project elicits interest

  By Diane ChiddisterAugust 26, 2010

  At the Aug. 16 Village Council meeting Village leaders expressed enthusiasm for a new American Municipal Power, or AMP, solar energy subscription package, and asked Village Manager Mark Cundiff to prepare an ordinance to enable the Village to sign on to the project.

• Village receives fluoridation award

  By Diane ChiddisterAugust 23, 2010

  

  On Tuesday the Ohio Department of Health will present the Village with a certificate of appreciation for its 50-year practice of fluoridating local water.

• The burning of Rabbit Run farmhouse

  By Vanessa QueryAugust 8, 2010

  

  After purchasing Rabbit Run Farm on Dayton Street, Vernay Laboratories razed its farmhouse, due to concerns over the safety of the vacant building. The controlled burn was used as a training operation for Miami Township Fire-Rescue and other local fire departments on August 7, 2010.

• Village Council—Sidewalk fixes to move ahead

  By Diane ChiddisterAugust 5, 2010

  At their Aug. 2 Village Council meeting, Council members unanimously approved a resolution that allows the Village to move ahead with assessing local property owners on the east side of Xenia Avenue the cost of repairing sidewalks deemed substandard and unsafe. “This project has been on our radar a long time,” said Council member Karen Wintrow.