Gas prices and the emerald ash borer were two unexpected costs to the city of Powell’s budget this year. Powell City Council moved $28,000 from its contingency fund Tuesday night to cover the unanticipated costs brought forward by Powell Finance Director Debra Miller. The costs are associated with gas usage within the Powell Police Department and the removal of trees that have been infested by the emerald ash borer.
Beginning this January, the YMCA will manage the recreation division within Delaware City’s Parks and Recreation Department. City council supported the YMCA partnership by a vote of 4–2 Monday evening, about one year after the idea was originally proposed.
Sometimes fame and glory just don’t get spread around evenly. Like the quarterback of a football team or the lead singer of a rock band, there are parts of any entity that get more attention than others. The same is true for the First Amendment of the United States Constitution.
A stiffer fine for tall grass goes into effect July 27 after council voted to revise the laws related to weeds and high grass. The change tacks on a $100 administrative fee when a violation requires the city hire a mowing company.
A plan to resurface U.S. 36 within the city of Delaware will likely tie up two years worth of budgeted road improvement funds, Delaware City Engineer Bill Ferrigno said this week. The project, which would resurface U.S. 36 from the city’s west corporation limit to the east corporation limit, as well as a portion of Ohio 521, is part of the Ohio Department of Transportation’s urban resurfacing initiative, which the city pays a 20-percent match for.
Powell City awarded three bids totaling more than $1.3 million to go toward the Energy Efficiency IOU Project, the 2011 Street Maintenance and Repair Program and The Retreat Lane culvert replacement.
Powell City Council will use Key Bank as its primary depository after having used Fifth Third Bank for the past five years. The decision was made Tuesday in accordance with the Ohio Revised Code, which requires the city to designate its active, interim and inactive funds to public depositories.
Looming state funding cuts haven’t dampened Dennis Stapleton’s parade — Delaware County’s future is still looking bright, the recently elected county commissioner told business leaders Thursday.