Government Section :: Page 34

• Village Council Regular Meeting

  By Megan BachmanMarch 9, 2021

  

  Village Council Regular Meeting — February 16, 2021

• YS Development Corporation— Goals, behavior discussed

  By Carol SimmonsMarch 5, 2021

  

  Members of the quasi-governmental economic development group spent the majority of their last regular meeting, Tuesday, Feb. 2, discussing the organization’s purposes and goals as well as expectations for the content of group discussions.

• Village Council— A plan for the ‘Little Park’

  By Megan BachmanFebruary 25, 2021

  

  Beatty Hughes Park, located between Kieth’s Alley and Corry Street, may someday host live music concerts, outdoor movies, family picnics and art exhibits.

• Village Council— New rules aimed at civility

  By Megan BachmanFebruary 23, 2021

  

  Council members are now more limited in what they can say. According to Council President Brian Housh, the goal of the new measures is to improve civility and respect in discourse.

• Miami Township Trustees Update — January 2021

  By Carol SimmonsFebruary 9, 2021

  

  The Miami Township Trustees meet the first and third Monday of each month beginning at 5 p.m. Meetings in January took place Monday, Jan. 4, and Wednesday, Jan. 20.

• Yellow Springs Development Corporation— ‘Lessons learned’ in firehouse sale

  By Carol SimmonsFebruary 8, 2021

  

  “Lessons learned” is how YSDC President Abel framed the conversation, particularly in terms of the group’s biggest project, the sale of the former firehouse on Corry Street.

• Village Council— More inclusive, equitable Yellow Springs

  By Megan BachmanFebruary 7, 2021

  

  At Village Council’s regular meeting on Monday, Jan. 19, members of Inclusive and Resilient Yellow Springs told the community how they plan to help Yellow Springs live its values of diversity and inclusion.

• One reporter’s view— Security dominates 2021 inauguration

  By YS News StaffFebruary 1, 2021

  

  As more than 20,000 National Guardsmen flocked into the nation’s capital in preparation for Inauguration Day, the city was locked down in an unprecedented way, the troops part of the largest security presence at any inauguration in American history.

• Efforts seek bail reform

  By Carol SimmonsJanuary 17, 2021

  

  As of Tuesday afternoon last week, 225 people awaiting trial were being held at one of two Greene County jail facilities — the downtown jail and the Adult Detention Center. Many of those individuals remained behind bars over the holidays, lacking the bail money that allows release until a scheduled court date.

• Yellow Springs Village Council approves 2021 budget

  By Megan BachmanJanuary 15, 2021

  

  At Village Council’s final meeting of 2020, Council unanimously passed a budget for the new year calling for spending increases amid falling revenues. The deficit budget, the Village’s first in four years, includes $4.23 million in expenses while projecting revenue of $3.27 million.