LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Focused on finances
Portland City Council focused mostly on financial issues during its meeting Monday.
Village to buy a new police vehicle
Fort Recovery Village Council amended appropriations and approved transfers during a special meeting Tuesday, allowing for the purchase of a 2025 Dodge Durango Pursuit and a brush chipper.
Finances discussed
Portland City Council focused mostly on financial issues during its meeting Monday.
County TIF plan is updated
The fourth and final step in the process is complete. Jay County Redevelopment Commission approved a confirmatory resolution Wednesday, formally adopting its updated economic development plan for the county’s tax increment financing (TIF) district.
Facade funds OK’d for business
A downtown Portland business will get some help with new windows. During back-to-back meetings Thursday morning, Portland Historic Preservation Commission and Portland Facade Committee approved a certificate of appropriateness for new windows on the north side of Reclaiming Design and agreed to cover half of the cost of cutting the …
Lease OK’d; JCDC offers its response
During a meeting Monday, the Jay County Development Corporation (JCDC) board of directors approved its lease agreement with the city for its office space in Community Resource Center.
County to look at health insurance option
County commissioners heard a case for partially self-funding county employees’ health insurance Monday. Their plan is to see what that would look like with other insurance brokers in the coming weeks.
Raises addressed
DUNKIRK — It took some time, but raises have been approved for 2025. Dunkirk City Council spent more than an hour and 15 minutes discussing the raises section-by-section Monday, generally settling on 5% increases for employees and 10% increases for supervisors.
County will look at its security policies
Jay County Commissioners OK’d creating a task force Monday to update the county’s cybersecurity plan.
McCormick spoke at dinner in Hartford City
Democrat candidate for governor Jennifer McCormick discussed all of those issues during her visit Saturday to the Roosevelt Truman Dinner at the Elks Lodge in Hartford City. In doing so, she pushed another belief — that if voters who care about those issues go to the polls in November, she …
Republicans gathered at Prescott Farms
U.S. Rep. Jim Banks, lieutenant governor candidate Micah Beckwith, Indiana Secretary of State Diego Morales, State Sen. Jeff Raatz and State Rep. J.D. Prescott, who hosted the event, discussed various issues and pushed for continued GOP leadership in Indiana and the return of former president Donald Trump to the White …
Council, marshal spar in meeting
REDKEY — Tensions are bubbling between police and council. Redkey Town Council discussed taking disciplinary measures against town marshal Zach Moser but took no action during a meeting Thursday. It also agreed to move forward with amending its animal ordinance and expressed issues with ongoing gas line work.
More site monitoring approved for Sheller
The city approved additional environmental work for the former Sheller-Globe site. More will be coming.
Upgrades needed
Redkey has a potential plan for how to address its Indiana Department of Environmental Management violations. It would involve major upgrades to the town’s utilities.
Mayor questioned on Pickle policy
Portland police officers have been instructed by Mayor Jeff Westlake that they can’t eat at The Greazy Pickle during their shifts. He faced push-back for that decision Monday.
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