Four Powell City council members this week discussed proposed changes to the city’s rules regarding removal of members of city committees and boards. The discussed changes come after a resident in September asked that Councilwoman Sara Marie Brenner be removed from the council’s finance committee after liens were filed against her Powell business, Prestige Music Studios, for unpaid taxes. At that time, council members discussed the rules and said a change could be warranted upon further review. That same resident, Kent Bermingham, visited council a second time at the Oct. 4 meeting, and asked that Brenner resign from her elected duties. Brenner made a statement at that time that the matter was private.
Four candidates have emerged for three open seats on Powell City Council on the Nov. 8 ballot.
Oct 11 2011 | Posted in
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A black business owner in Powell has been experiencing racial issues with the community since 2009 when she started operating a day care facility in the city, she told Powell City Council members this week.
Oct 5 2011 | Posted in
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A Powell resident is asking councilwoman Sara Marie Brenner to resign from council because she has a federal tax lien on her business. That resident, Kent Bermingham, visited council’s regular meeting Tuesday night, during which council discussed Bermingham’s initial September request that Brenner be removed from her seat on the city’s finance committee.
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Powell City Council has approved 3-year contracts for unionized police officers and sergeants. Powell council members unanimously approved both contracts Tuesday night. Under the agreement, the city’s 12 unionized police officers will earn annual salaries between $47,917 to $69,272. Powell’s police sergeants will make $78,778 through July 2011, then $80,558 in July 2012 and $82,529 in July 2013. The contracts include an 18-month wage freeze, then a 1-percent wage increase in January 2012 and July 2012 and a 2-percent increase in July 2013.
Sep 20 2011 | Posted in
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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.
The leader of the local Democratic Party criticized Republican State Rep. Andrew Brenner for his association with a Powell business that owes more than $43,000 in unpaid federal payroll taxes. “It gets down to these things where people say one thing in their campaigns, and in their personal lives, they’re 180 degrees opposite,” said Ed Helvey, chair of the Delaware County Democratic Party.
Aug 26 2011 | Posted in
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Powell City Council made official Tuesday a lease agreement with the Powell Community Improvement Corporation (CIC), the entity overseeing the new business incubator in the city’s downtown. The building at 44 N. Liberty St. is the former Liberty Township fire station and is city property. It has been newly renovated as a business incubator and conference center space and meant to encourage fledgling small businesses by offering low-rent office space and support services.
Aug 16 2011 | Posted in
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