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• MTFR seeks new facility; WSU land is preferred option

  By Matt MindeJuly 25, 2013

  At its July 15 meeting Village Council approved a letter of support for Miami Township Fire-Rescue’s proposal to acquire the former site of Wright State Family Clinic for a new fire station and Township administration building.

• Food trucks, school approved

  By Lauren HeatonJune 20, 2013

  At their meeting on Monday, June 10, Village Planning Commission approved two conditional use applications, one for the continued use of Village BP lot for food truck vendors, and one for a Montessori school on Tower Court.

• Village Council— Zoning gets more flexible

  By Lauren HeatonMay 23, 2013

  Village Council made a host of alterations to the Village zoning code during a special meeting Monday devoted to the current rewrite of the Village’s central planning document.

• Zoning code topic of special Council meeting

  By Diane ChiddisterApril 26, 2013

  

  Village Council will gather at a special meeting this Monday, April 29, at 7 p.m. at Council chambers to consider the recently updated zoning code, which has been in front of Planning Commission for the past several months.

• Village Council— ‘Local dispatch worth cost’

  By Lauren HeatonApril 25, 2013

  Forty-five villagers gathered in Village Council chambers Monday night, many there to talk about their strong desire to maintain a local dispatch service at the Yellow Springs Police Department. A dozen people spoke, including long-time police officer Al Pierce, who talked about the value of the personal and called the village’s two full-time and five part-time dispatchers the “magnificent seven,” who hold the department together.

• Village Council— How fast to move on water sourcing?

  By Diane ChiddisterApril 18, 2013

  An ongoing discussion on the sourcing of Yellow Springs water continued at Village Council’s April 1 meeting, with Council President Judith Hempfling suggesting that more time is needed to decide how best to source local water.

• Barr house to disappear in a controlled burn

  By Diane ChiddisterApril 11, 2013

  The historic house on the Barr property downtown will be burned in a training exercise this month, according to Miami Township Fire Chief Colin Altman at Village Council’s April 1 meeting.

• Village Council— West Nile spraying nixed

  By Diane ChiddisterApril 4, 2013

  Yellow Springs will not be sprayed with insecticide this summer in response to the presence of West Nile Virus-infected mosquitos, unless the health department determines the village is in a state of emergency. Rather, mosquito control will involve working with villagers to eliminate mosquito breeding sites and the use of larvicide to kill the insect larvae.

• Village Council— Dispatch on chopping block

  By Diane ChiddisterMarch 28, 2013

  How important is it to villagers to have local police dispatchers? Village Council members want to hear from the community.

  “We need to hear from citizens how valued our current system is. Is money more important?” said Council member Rick Walkey at Council’s March 18 ­meeting.

• Energy group helps Village to conserve

  By Diane ChiddisterMarch 7, 2013

  According to the 2012 annual report from the Yellow Springs Energy Board at Village Council’s Feb. 19 meeting, the Village will, in the next few years, receive the large majority of its electrical power from renewable sources.