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• CBE land to return to Village

  By Diane ChiddisterJuly 21, 2016

  

  The 35-acre parcel of land at the center of the controversial Center for Business and Education, or CBE, will soon be returned to the Village, according to a representative from Community Resources.

• Village Council— Morris Bean, police ‘overreach‘ are topics

  By Diane ChiddisterJuly 14, 2016

  

  At their July 5 meeting, Council members heard from villagers concerned about the environmental practices of the local company Morris Bean, and also about the “overreach” of some local police officers.

• Village Council— Morris Bean sewer request raises concerns

  By Diane ChiddisterJuly 7, 2016

  

  At Village Council’s June 20 meeting, a former Village manager took Council to task for not insisting that Morris Bean be annexed into the Village in exchange for hooking up the company to the Village sewer system. If annexed, the company would pay Village income taxes and thus enhance Village revenues.

• 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.

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

  By Diane ChiddisterMarch 10, 2016

  

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

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

  By Diane Chiddister

  

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

• 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.