Government Section :: Page 24

• Village Council finalizes building department, eyes municipal broadband

  By Jessica ThomasSeptember 16, 2021

  

  At its regular meeting, held online via Zoom on Tuesday, Sept. 7, Village Council approved the final measure needed to create a building department for Yellow Springs.

• Yellow Springs Planning Commission approves Chappelle comedy club

  By Cheryl DurgansSeptember 15, 2021

  

  Construction will soon be underway for local comedian Dave Chappelle’s planned comedy club and restaurant at 225 Corry St.

• Village Council seeks $4 million grant for broadband infrastructure

  By Megan BachmanSeptember 4, 2021

  

  At its Monday, Aug. 16, regular meeting, Council voted unanimously to apply for a $4 million federal grant to build broadband infrastructure in the Village.

• Continued coverage— Yellow Springs police chief resigns

  By Megan BachmanAugust 31, 2021

  

  On Wednesday, Aug. 18, the Village of Yellow Springs announced in a press release that Yellow Springs Police Chief Brian Carlson had resigned.

• Council takes steps to create building department

  By Jessica ThomasAugust 30, 2021

  

  At its regular meeting held virtually on Aug. 16, Village Council took additional steps to create a local building department. First, Council approved an ordinance that would create a fee schedule for building permits; second, they approved a resolution that enters into a contract with National Inspection Corporation, or NIC.

• COVID-19 update: Variant spurs new restrictions

  By Megan Bachman

  

  Last week, Village Council moved its meetings back online and revived its downtown mask mandate. The Yellow Springs Chamber of Commerce canceled the Oct. 9 Street Fair. Community events are once again paused or going remote. Vaccine mandates have been announced.

• Greene County jail tax is back on ballot

  By Jessica ThomasAugust 25, 2021

  

  After voters rejected a proposed sales tax increase to build a new jail in 2020, Greene County Commissioners are asking them to approve a sales tax for a slightly smaller jail this fall.

• Candidates file for fall races

  By Megan BachmanAugust 20, 2021

  

  More candidates may be vying for public office this fall than in recent years. Last week, 20 people seeking local office filed petitions with the Greene County Board of Elections ahead of the Aug. 4 deadline.

• Continued coverage— Plea deal in stabbing death

  By Carol SimmonsAugust 19, 2021

  

  A Yellow Springs native accused in the stabbing death of Leonid “Lonya” Clark has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter as part of a plea deal with the Greene County Prosecutor’s Office.

• Yellow Springs police chief resigns

  By YS News StaffAugust 18, 2021

  

  Yellow Springs Police Chief Brian Carlson had resigned, effective immediately.