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• Village Council passes 2023 budget

  By Jessica ThomasDecember 26, 2022

  

  At its final meeting of 2022 on Dec. 19, Village Council members passed the 2023 budget, which included an additional $40,000 for affordable housing and investments in the Public Works department, including money for additional personnel and wage increases.

• Village Council finalizes 2023 budget priorities

  By Cheryl DurgansDecember 21, 2022

  

  On Friday, Dec. 9, members of Village Council met for a fourth budget session, where they named infrastructure as a major budget priority for 2023.

• Village Council broaches budget shortfall

  By Jessica ThomasDecember 16, 2022

  

  On Sunday, Dec. 4, members of Village Council received a memo from Village Manager Josué Salmerón, indicating the Village’s budget was forecasting a deficit of $3,011,720. The memo left Council with two options: cut spending or increase revenues.

• 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.

• Miami Township Trustees— Locals sound off on solar possibilities

  By Lauren ShowsDecember 9, 2022

  

  At its Monday, Nov. 7, regular meeting, the Miami Township Board of Trustees held a public hearing to listen to community feedback on large solar power installations from residents of the township, which includes Yellow Springs.

• Family of John Crawford III pursues wrongful death charges

  By Reilly DixonDecember 8, 2022

  

  On Wednesday, Nov. 23, a three-judge panel of the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals revived a wrongful death claim against Walmart by the family of John Crawford III.

• Village Council rejects solid waste fee

  By Jessica ThomasNovember 30, 2022

  

  At the Monday, Nov. 21, Village Council meeting, Council members voted down a 2% solid waste fee that would have drawn in funds for educational materials aimed at reducing the amount of organic waste villagers send with their solid waste.

• YSPD budgets $1.7 million for 2023

  By Reilly DixonNovember 23, 2022

  

  A recent spike in officer and dispatch turnover, higher overtime costs and mounting expenses to maintain and replace outdated equipment are among ongoing challenges identified by the Yellow Springs Police Department in proposing a 2023 budget totaling $1,731,805.34.

• Village Council considers solid waste fee

  By Jessica ThomasNovember 21, 2022

  

  At the most recent Village Council meeting on Nov. 7, Council members discussed the possibility of adding a 2% fee to residential solid waste bills. If the fee is adopted, the Village would use the funds to educate residents on ways to reduce their organic solid waste, including recycling and composting.