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• Village Council, Jan. 13— Police to teach safety rules

  By Diane ChiddisterJanuary 30, 2014

  

  In 2014 the Yellow Springs Police Department will continue to work with Yellow Springs schools, with a focus on “Safety Town,” a safety awareness project aimed at grade schoolers, according to Police Chief Anthony Pettiford at Village Council’s Jan. 13 meeting.

• First Council vote OKs CBE funding

  By Diane ChiddisterJanuary 23, 2014

  

  Village Council moved ahead with the project by voting 3–1 in favor of the first reading of an ordinance that appoves an almost $1 million bond issuance for the CBE.

• CBE funds stable, for now

  By Diane ChiddisterJanuary 16, 2014

  

  The Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) grant to the Village for the CBE infrastructure is not in immediate jeopardy, but there is some risk that the money could be diverted in an emergency.

• Council ready to fund CBE

  By Diane ChiddisterDecember 26, 2013

  

  By a narrow margin, Village Council at its Dec. 16 meeting signalled its readiness to move ahead with providing almost $1 million to fund the Center for Business and Education, or CBE, infrastructure.

• Village Council— First step toward CBE funding

  By Diane ChiddisterDecember 12, 2013

  

  At their Dec. 2 meeting, Village Council voted to get more information on funding options regarding the Center for Business and Education, or CBE, by approving two resolutions that open discussions with an underwriter and a bond counsel.

• Village Council — Funding for CBE explored

  By Diane ChiddisterNovember 21, 2013

  

  At their Nov. 18 meeting, Village Council members agreed to begin exploring options for funding the infrastructure of the Center for Business and Education, or CBE.

• Wintrow, Housh, MacQueen win Council

  By Diane ChiddisterNovember 14, 2013

  

  An exceptionally large slate of candidates led to an exceptionally close race in the election for Yellow Springs Village Council. Incumbent Karen Wintrow and newcomers Brian Housh and Marianne MacQueen all came within single digits of each other in the race.

• Human error caused pool herbicide scare

  By Diane Chiddister

  

  Misinformation, a lack of communication and poor judgement all contributed to the gross overuse of a herbicide at the Gaunt Park pool in June, according to an investigation report presented to Village Council at Monday night’s meeting.

• Village Council— CBE funding talk continues

  By Diane ChiddisterNovember 7, 2013

  

  At their Oct. 21 meeting, Village Council members moved ahead with a request from Community Resources to pay $800,000 to finance the infrastructure for the Center for Business and Education, or CBE, but asked for something in return: that Community Resources become a state-designated community improvement corporation, or CIC, which would turn the private nonprofit into a quasi-government group.

• Village Council forum— Economy, manager search topic

  By Lauren Heaton

  

  For the second consecutive night, on Thursday, Oct. 24, nearly 200 people gathered at Mills Lawn auditorium for a McKee Group forum focused on the local elections. Thursday’s event featured the eight candidates who are running for three seats on Village Council. Villager Bruce Heckman moderated the two-hour event.