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• Council passes stricter AirBnB regulations

  By Megan BachmanJuly 25, 2019

  

  Those wanting to start a new local AirBnB will now have to appear before Planning Commission, Village Council decided at its regular meeting on Monday, July 15.

• Village Council—Local electricity mega-green

  By Megan BachmanJuly 18, 2019

  

  Yellow Springs has the greenest power supply of the 139 municipal members of its electric supplier. It may even be the greenest on the region’s electric grid.

• Village Council — Solar producers challenge cap

  By Megan BachmanJuly 11, 2019

  

  Should the Village raise its cap on the amount of solar energy it buys from local residences? Village Council broached that question at its July 1 regular meeting.

• Village Council —  Expand voting to noncitizens?

  By Megan BachmanJuly 4, 2019

  

  Local 16- and 17-year olds and noncitizen legal residents could vote in local elections as early as next year.

• Village to raise pool rates

  By Megan BachmanJune 20, 2019

  

  The first rate hike in a decade at Gaunt Park Pool will likely take effect later this summer, with most of the increase to be paid by out-of-town visitors and day pass users.

• Carlson renewed as YSPD chief

  By Megan BachmanJune 13, 2019

  

  At its regular meeting on Monday, June 3, Village Council renewed the contract of Yellow Springs Police Chief Brian Carlson for another year.

• Council ban on clapping, signs — Do rules violate free speech?

  By Megan BachmanMay 16, 2019

  

  On January 22, Village Council chambers was standing-room only as more than 50 citizens crammed into the room, many to express their disapproval for an ongoing disciplinary process involving a local police officer.

• Village Council — YSPD review in progress

  By Megan BachmanMay 2, 2019

  

  Bob Wasserman’s career in law enforcement started in Yellow Springs where, as an Antioch undergrad, he volunteered as a night dispatcher for the YS Police Department under then-Chief Jim McKee.

• The next Village manager— Ideal qualities, priorities

  By Megan BachmanApril 18, 2019

  

  Pete Bales, Elke Doom, Allyson Murray and Josue Salmeron are vying for the position due to the upcoming retirement of Village Manager Patti Bates in July. Council is expected to chose the next manager in executive session on Monday, April 15.

• Council declines to sell cell tower

  By Megan Bachman

  

  In a 3–2 decision, Village Council declined an offer from a private company to buy out the Sutton Farm cell tower.