Pedestrian walkway connections, new pavement, roadway sign replacements and potential fixes at Olentangy and Liberty streets in Powell — better known as the “Four Corners” — are some of the possibilities for capital improvement projects in the city’s tax increment financing (TIF) area.
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.
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.
Community members have the opportunity to provide comment on the balanced growth plan for the Olentangy watershed, a Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC) project in the works since 2009.
Powell resident Peter Misuraca knew he was onto something with his new business, Aging Gracefully Designs LLC, as 10,000 baby boomers came into retirement age at the beginning of the year. The company, which was started in May, renovates home for the elderly and disabled, making them more safe and independent and keep them in their own house as long as possible, Misuraca said.
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 city of Powell has received an improved bond rating on its $9 million in general obligation debt by Moody’s Investors Service.
Some elected officials in Delaware County have chosen to bow out of public office at the end of the year, while other familiar faces are seeking to make a return to the ballot this November. In total, 101 people filed paperwork with the Delaware County Board of Elections to run for 62 various township, school board and village and city council positions. The deadline for candidates wishing to run for local offices expiring at the end of this year passed at 4 p.m. Wednesday.