With just under a week until Delaware County voters cast their ballots to decide two county commissioner races, two candidates have opened commanding leads in at least one important metric.
Fearing both cuts in funding and possible delays in payment from the state, the Delaware County Family and Children First Council this week asked the board of commissioners to bolster its cash flow so that it can continue to provide the same level of services.
After sparring last Thursday over eligibility criteria for a proposed cost-of-living pay increase for some county employees, Delaware County commissioners on Monday voted 2–1 in favor of a 2 percent pay increase. After going without any increases in pay since 2008, commissioners are hoping to reward the approximately 400 employees under their direction with a 2 percent bump in salary, a concept that all three commissioners are fully behind.
In the wake of a Gazette report detailing Delaware County Commissioner Ken O’Brien’s request for an investigation into county economic development director Gus Comstock’s acceptance of tickets to sporting events, fellow commissioner Dennis Stapleton asked Monday for the investigation to expand to cover all county employees and the gifts they may have accepted.
Concord Township residents opposed to a planned 138,000-volt power line that could cut across the properties of several homeowners received some support Thursday from the Delaware County Commissioners.
Delaware County commissioners on Thursday approved a 2012 budget that increases overall spending by about 1.7 percent over 2011 levels.
Newly hired Delaware County part-time employees will have to pay more for health insurance coverage in the future.
Delaware County commissioners sparred Thursday during a special budget meeting over proposed 2012 funding for the OSU Extension-Delaware County program, nearly derailing the entire budgetary process.