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• Council green lights senior apartments

  By Megan BachmanDecember 27, 2018

  

  Plans to build a 54-unit affordable senior apartment complex in the village will move forward after Council approved the project at its Dec. 17 meeting.

• Village Council— A stronger sanctuary stance

  By Megan BachmanDecember 20, 2018

  

  Council strengthened its public statement as a “Welcoming Community” with the passing of a new resolution at its regular meeting on Dec. 3.

• Sanford selected for Council

  By Megan BachmanNovember 20, 2018

  

  Kineta Sanford has been appointed to fill the vacant seat on Village Council. Council approved the 26-year-old villager in a 5-0 vote at its Nov. 19 meeting. Sanford fills the seat vacated by Judith Hempfling, who announced her resignation in September citing personal reasons. Sanford will serve through 2019, when Hempfling’s term was set to expire.

• Village Council — Surveillance policy passed

  By Megan BachmanNovember 15, 2018

  

  Any new surveillance technology the Yellow Springs Police Department or other municipal agency wants to use must first be approved by Council at a public hearing.

• Village Council — More cases for Mayor’s Court

  By Megan BachmanOctober 18, 2018

  

  After several years of community discussion, a plan to hear more cases in the local Mayor’s Court was approved by Council at its October 2 meeting.

• Village Council — Home, Inc. requests funds

  By Megan BachmanOctober 4, 2018

  

  Local affordable housing developer Home, Inc. can help the Village meet its housing goals, according to a funding pitch made by Home, Inc.’s board and staff at Village Council’s Sept. 17 meeting. 

• Council hears new proposal for Mayor’s Court cases

  By Megan BachmanSeptember 20, 2018

  

  A new plan to bring more cases before the Yellow Springs Mayor’s Court was discussed at Council’s Sept. 4 meeting.

• Village Council — Vernay cleanup plan probed

  By Megan BachmanSeptember 6, 2018

  

  A member of the Yellow Springs Environmental Commission urged Village Council at its Aug. 20 meeting to weigh in on a plan to clean up a highly contaminated industrial site in the village.

• Hearing process complete; Meister demoted

  By Megan Bachman

  

  On Monday, Aug. 27, Yellow Springs Police Officer David Meister was officially disciplined by Village Manager Patti Bates.

• Village Council —  Surveillance tech discussed

  By Megan BachmanAugust 30, 2018

  

  As police departments across the country increasingly adopt new surveillance technologies, communities such as Yellow Springs need to figure out ways to protect the civil liberties and privacy rights of residents from their use.