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First proposed in July and put on the back burner until earlier this month, the proposal is aimed at increasing revenues for city government. City controller Jim Brannon estimated this week the city could raise up to $200,000 annually by writing “local...
Tags: council members, locals ordinance, Mike Karickhoff, Kokomo, Traffic ticket, Road transport, Punishments, Criminal law, Traffic law, Moving violation
Queen Creek Town Councilman Craig Barnes had an iced coffee at one hand and a binder full of government issues at the other as he sat at a coffee shop last Wednesday...He hopes this new ritual will be one more way residents can connect with their town...
Tags: Barnes, Rhino Caffe, office hours, council members, council meeting, coffee shop, Eric Kerr, Queen Creek Library, Queen Creek, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, Barnes London
Wallace Hartsfield, retired pastor of Metropolitan Missionary Baptist Church. Hartsfield joined with other members of the Concerned Clergy Coalition, plus former City Councilman Alvin Brooks and some other African American civic leaders. They decried...
Tags: Wayne Cauthen, city manager, Charlie Harris, council members, Mark Funkhouser, Kansas City
Before Grass Valley City Council members approved the ordinance Tuesday night, Councilman Dan Miller had just two questions for the young man in the audience at the council meeting. “Are you under 18? Is it hard to get cigarettes?” The answers were yes...
Tags: Grass Valley, council members, Chauncey Poston, sell cigarettes, Smoking, Cigarette, Tobacco, Cigar
Clinton City Council members decided Tuesday to hold off on selling about 40 acres of land that would be the site of a new middle school until costs for additional streets and sewer work are determined. The issue sparked some confusion among some council...
Tags: council members, Clinton Regional Development Corp., Clinton School District, Clinton, Politics
Ind. — Water problems are improving but still persist in some places town council members heard Tuesday night. Town Superintendent Paul Keeling said in some places in town, those mostly located on dead-end water lines, still have dirty, iron-rich water.
Tags: Veedersburg Town Council, sewer lines, Paul Keeling, Heard Keeling, council members, Utility Services of Perry, Veedersburg Municipal Building, water problem, Veedersburg, Plumbing, Surveying, Lot, Environmental engineering, Water pollution
In a reversal of course, Whatcom County Council members unanimously approved a new animal control contract of $453,309 with the Whatcom Humane Society. A majority of council members earlier Tuesday, Nov. 24, had signaled they wouldn�t vote for the 2010...
Tags: Whatcom County Council, council members, Lynden, Whatcom County Washington, Bellingham Washington, Humane society, Sumas Washington, Lynden Washington, Politics, Local government in England, Social Issues, Business Finance, Animal welfare, Bookmark, Kremen
Fulton property taxes will increase by 4.9 percent in the coming year, but will remain at the bottom of the list of tax rates in other Whiteside County cities. Fulton City Council members have faced a dilemma in how to raise revenue for the 2010-2011...
Tags: property tax, utilities tax, tax increase, Fulton City Council, council members, city employees, council voting, percent increase, projected expenses, Fulton, Tax, Value added tax, Mike Kaplowitz, Taxation in the United States, Business Finance, Tax reform, Real property law, Social Issues, Labor
Leroy Bandy and David Russell, who both ran against incumbent Roderick Royal in District 9, contend in the suit that city officials could not change the dates of the City Council general and run-off elections without an amendment to the Mayor-Council...
Tags: Birmingham City Council, council members, Birmingham News, taking office, Justice, Government of Birmingham, Birmingham, Bandy, Law Crime
Fire officials and the Town Council Monday night urged outgoing Mayor James R. Miron to reconsider his refusal to sign an emergency order for acquisition of two new firetrucks for little more than the price of one -- a "bargain deal" they said will likely...
Tags: emergency order, James R. Miron, outgoing mayor, council members, Stratford, fire chief, Dan Ross, urged outgoing