LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Prepping park
Progress continues toward opening the water park this month. Portland Park Board hired an assistant manager Monday for Portland Water Park and received updates from staff regarding preparations for opening day.
Getting to know each other
The full Jay County Development Corporation board of directors held its first meeting with new executive director Ceann Bales on Tuesday, hearing a report about what she has done in her first weeks on the job and going through an orientation process.
New vet clinic planned
Portland City Council referred a tax abatement request from NAC Holdings for $250,000 in renovations to 1609 N. Meridian St. to the city’s tax abatement advisory committee. Plans are to utilize the building for the new Nose-to-Tail Animal Clinic.
Shifting timeline
Jeff Hersha of Jones and Henry Engineers of Fort Wayne, updated Portland Board of Works on the project Thursday and asked that a work session be scheduled to update the city’s long-term control plan.
Battery storage pause advances
Portland Plan Commission members voted unanimously to recommend to Portland City Council that it place a one-year moratorium.
County selects Jessica Curtis
Jay County Commissioners selected Jessica Curtis as the department’s new shift supervisor, also referred to as a director, and training officer on Monday.
Head Start closed in Dunkirk
Pam Robbins of West Jay Community Center reported to Dunkirk City Council that the Head Start classroom that was located in the facility has been shut down.
Moratoriums put in place
County puts freeze on new solar and battery storage facilities to review and develop ordinances
Viability concerns
Portland Redevelopment Commission spent most of its meeting Friday discussing the county’s planned development of 68 acres on the city’s west side.
Council OKs new police devices
Redkey Town Council OK’d town marshal Chris Jack to purchase body cameras and new radios at its meeting Tuesday.
Board on tour
The board, during a special meeting for its annual park walk-through Tuesday, spent time at the Rockets’ Runkle-Miller Field as well as Hines-Inman Memorial Stadium at Portland Memorial Park and visited Haynes Park.
City contributes to sidewalk
The city will pay for a portion of the cost of adding a sidewalk to a bridge on Portland’s south side. Portland City Council on Monday approved contributing $26,962.50 for work related to the sidewalk as part of the Seventh Street bridge project.
Rengers tapped for role
FORT RECOVERY — The village’s next administrator starts learning the ropes next month. Fort Recovery Village Council approved an amendment to the wage ordinance Monday to create an assistant village administrator position. Fort Recovery village administrator Randy Diller then announced he plans to hire Aaron Rengers beginning May 12.
Request OK’d to expand facility
Jay County Board of Zoning Appeals approved a special exception Thursday, allowing three parcels currently zoning as single family residential to join the project.
Waiting game
Redevelopment commission in holding pattern on TIF district information, funding for 68 acres
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