LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Gibson retained as president

Although Portland City Council welcomed its newcomers, it decided to keep its most experienced member as its leader.

Fort Recovery to add an officer

Fort Recovery will get another police officer in the spring.

Mayor steps aside

He wanted to be the mayor of Fort Recovery for 20 years.

Addressing LGBT

The Religious Freedom Restoration act and its ensuing “fix” put a national spotlight on Indiana’s legislature in 2015. Legislation stemming from those measures is likely to be a focus of the 2016 session.

Geneva selects leaders for ’16

Geneva Town Council made a variety of reappointments at its end-of-year meeting, and a few positions are filled by new faces.

Village elder

Not everyone would say they like government.

Council says thanks

DUNKIRK — Plaques were presented to the outgoing mayor and a council member at Monday’s Dunkirk City Council meeting.

Board eyes promotion

In real estate, it’s location, location, location.

Retirement center ups rates

Residents of Jay County Retirement Center will see their rates increase in 2016.

City rejects ordinance change

The city’s clerk-treasurer will not get reimbursed for personal and sick days she accumulated prior to taking office.

County gives $2,500

Jay County Commissioners approved contributing $2,500 to the county’s bicentennial committee.

More FR streets to be paved

Fort Recovery will tackle another round of street maintenance next year.

Prepping projects

The Redkey fire station and Jay Community Center projects took drastically different paths to earning financial support. But as 2016 approaches, they are in virtually the same stage of the planning process.

City faces higher cost

The City of Portland is faced with the possibility paying a higher cost for a completed project because of an engineering company’s errors.

Sewer project to move ahead

REDKEY — Town council received a projected time for the sewer separation project to begin.
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