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• Village Council— Morris Bean seeks sewer tie-in

  By Diane ChiddisterJune 23, 2016

  

  At Village Council’s June 6 meeting, Council members heard a request from Morris Bean leaders to permit that company to connect to the Village sewer system.

• Sutton Farm land— Village moves closer to sale

  By Diane ChiddisterApril 7, 2016

  

  At their March 21 meeting Village Council moved a step closer to selling 76 acres of Village-owned land to Glen Helen.

• Environmental Commission report to Council— Focus is on ‘organic land management’ and climate change

  By Diane ChiddisterMarch 10, 2016

  

  Educating villagers on alternatives to pesticides is one of the current projects of the Environmental Commission.

• Village Council— Group urges a village-wide fiber network

  By Diane Chiddister

  

  A municipal fiber optic network would bring new jobs and business to the village, Village Council members were recently advised.

• Village Council 2016 goals—Sidewalks, energy, housing

  By YS News StaffFebruary 18, 2016

  

  At their Feb. 1 meeting, Village Council members continued a Council discussion of goals for 2016.

• Council’s first look at 2016 budget

  By Audrey HackettOctober 29, 2015

  

  Budget season is in full swing. At its last two meetings, Oct. 5 and Oct. 20, Village Council reviewed the proposed 2016 Village budget, which, according to Assistant Village Manager/Finance Director Melissa Vanzant, is “in better shape than in the past,” thanks in part to “more conservative” spending and proposed utility rate increases that, if passed, will bring new revenue to the Village’s enterprise funds.

• Village Council— Clean Ohio grant discussed

  By Audrey HackettSeptember 17, 2015

  

  A vote on a proposed Clean Ohio grant application for the Glass Farm wetland was expected at Village Council’s Sept. 8 meeting, but members agreed to take action in response to environmental concerns first.

• More street work in October

  By Lauren HeatonAugust 13, 2015

  

  Having completed the first phase of its water distribution system upgrade this spring, the Village is poised to begin phase II of the project in late October of this year.

• Village Council — Home, Inc. and Township partner

  By Lauren HeatonAugust 6, 2015

  

  In the latest bid to acquire the former Wright State Physicians Clinic property on Xenia Avenue, Yellow Springs Home, Inc. and Miami Township are partnering on a joint venture to site both affordable senior housing and a new fire station in town.

• Council’s take on policing

  By Lauren HeatonJuly 30, 2015

  

  Village Council members voiced some common themes at a work session Monday, July 20, as they took their turn to voice opinions about policing in Yellow Springs.