LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Estimate sought by commissioners (8/2/05)
Jay County Commissioners are close to picking a company to help in the early stages of forming a countywide sewage district.
Fees for access weighed (07/25/05)
What’s a fair fee to charge for county data in digital form accessed via the Internet?
Four candidates for clerk (8/1/05)
Four Democrats are vying for the position of city clerk-treasurer in Portland, an office left vacant by the death of Barbara Blackford.
Geneva project progressing (8/4/05)
GENEVA — Construction on the Winchester Road storm drainage project is well under way and the town has processed payment to acquire a new building, according to notes from Tuesday night’s Geneva Town Council meeting.
BMV hearing set for September (8/3/05)
DUNKIRK — A public hearing concerning the prospect of closing the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles License Branch here has been slated for mid September.
Dunkirk budget needs trim (8/9/05)
DUNKIRK — A need to trim city department budget requests by 15 to 20 percent was proposed at Monday night’s council meeting here.
Hatchery near demolition (8/5/05)
Demolition day for a vacant building on South Wayne Street in Portland is drawing near.
Local input on time zone to be heard (8/15/05)
Federal officials want input from county commissioners in Indiana on time zone preference.
Time to scrap system (07/26/05)
DUNKIRK — It may be time to go back to the drawing board to solve rusty water problems here — a proposal that could cost the city about $600,000.
School rate increase may be smaller (8/9/05)
Later this week, the Jay School Corporation will advertise a 2006 budget with requests of more than $30 million and a tax rate which increased more than 25 percent.
EDIT funds may buy building (8/2/05)
Plans have been set in motion to use $326,729 of Portland’s economic development income tax funds to purchase the Community Resource Center.
County to get $72,000 (8/1/05)
It won’t be as much as in recent years, but Jay County will receive a significant sum of money for homeland security sometime this year.
Park $ will be delayed (8/10/05)
Portland Park Board members learned Tuesday that it will be 15 to 18 months before the city sees any of the $560,000 it has been awarded for the planned Hudson Family Park.
Request sparks zoning revision (7/8/05)
The Portland Planning Commission voted Thursday to revise the Portland Zoning Ordinance, possibly making way for a new business in the city.
No cuts needed in county budget (8/10/05)
For the last several years, budget time has meant budget cuts for the Jay County Council.Not this time.
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