Government Section :: Page 14

• Village Council | Regular Meeting, April 3, 2023

  By Jessica ThomasApril 21, 2023

  

  Business conducted at Village Council’s most recent regular meeting, Monday, April 3, included:

• Village Council revisits itinerant vendor fees

  By Jessica ThomasApril 7, 2023

  

  At the Village Council meeting on Monday, March 20, Council members discussed the merits of newly proposed legislation requiring vendors in the Village over the age of 17 to register and pay $50 annually.

• Village Council adopts volunteer policy

  By Jessica ThomasMarch 31, 2023

  

  At their most recent meeting Monday, March 20, Village Council members unanimously approved a policy for those wishing to volunteer on Village-owned property. 

• Planning Commission | Zoning amendments, senior housing move forward

  By Lauren ShowsMarch 30, 2023

  

  The plan for the proposed senior housing development includes 22 affordable duplex and triplex rental units earmarked for seniors and 10 two-story townhomes to be sold at low cost to qualifying buyers of varying age demographics.

• Village Council considers gas aggregate program

  By Jessica ThomasMarch 18, 2023

  

  At their most recent meeting on Monday, March 6, Village Council members heard a presentation from Sustainable Ohio Public Energy Council, or SOPEC, about its gas aggregation program.

• Police chief introduces therapy dog

  By Reilly DixonMarch 16, 2023

  

  At the regular Council meeting on Monday, March 6, a new Village staffer was sworn in: two-year old Shazam, the front-running candidate for the Village’s new therapy dog program.

• Village Council weighs income tax changes

  By Reilly DixonMarch 13, 2023

  

  At their regular meeting on Monday, March 6, Village Council members weighed the impacts of a proposed ordinance that would lower by half the amount of income tax credit granted to individuals who work beyond Yellow Springs and pay taxes in other municipalities, from 100% to 50%.

• East Palestine train derailment | Village water safe, experts say

  By Reilly DixonMarch 8, 2023

  

  In the five weeks since a freight train carrying hazardous materials derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, concerns about water and air safety have come home to Yellow Springs.

• Village Council eyes single-use plastics ban

  By Jessica ThomasMarch 1, 2023

  

  In an effort to respond to growing concerns about climate change, Village Council members agreed to bring forth legislation that would ban single-use plastics in the village.

• Village seeks tenants for 201 Walnut Street

  By Reilly DixonFebruary 27, 2023

  

  An open house last week provided nearly two dozen inquiring villagers the opportunity to survey the 88-year-old building and ask Village Manager Josué Salmerón questions about his administration’s intent to lease the structure.