Matt Murphy - Monday, July 19, 2010 7:45 AM
Drainage and sewer problems in Zanesville were the hot-button issue at the Zanesville Town Council meeting on Thursday, July 15.
The discussion stemmed from the town's repair of a sinkhole on a town street last month. However, Council Vice President John Schuhmacher, who has been overseeing the repair for the council, said several more sinkholes have developed in the last month.
The drainage issue is twofold: fill dirt around the drainage lines is settling, causing the sinkhole problem, and Wells County's legal drainage system is unmapped in the Zanesville area.
Cindy Klepper - Wednesday, July 14, 2010 3:11 PM
Plans for the separation of sewers along Salamonie Avenue and repairs to an essential component of Huntington's sewage treatment system can move ahead, members of the Huntington Common Council decided Tuesday, June 13.
At the same meeting, council members received an update on plans for construction of a second water treatment plant on the north side of town.
Jessica Williams - Tuesday, July 13, 2010 11:52 AM
Three candidates for Rick Brubaker's third district seat on the Huntington County Community School Corporation Board of School Trustees took the hot seat on Monday, July 12, for interviews to determine who will take over representation of the southern end of the county.
Andre B. Laird - Tuesday, July 13, 2010 11:49 AM
Huntington County Commissioner Tom Wall addressed Warren Town Council members on Monday, July 12, about possible improvements to Belleville Road.
Wall noted that possibilities include shutting the road down or re-routing it, because it is close to wetlands and portions of the road erode into the Salamonie River whenever there is flooding.
"There are also a couple guardrails that are just hanging there due to erosion," stated Wall. "It would make sense to just dump rip rap in there and fix it. But IDEM won't let us do that."
Matt Murphy - Tuesday, July 13, 2010 11:40 AM
The Andrews Town Park may have a new set of rules for the summer months after the Andrews Town Council took proposed guidelines under consideration at its meeting on Monday, July 12.
Monday, July 12, 2010 11:48 AM
The Huntington Common Council will meet Tuesday, July 13, 2010, in the Council Chambers of the City Building.
Among the items on the agenda for the 7 p.m. meeting is a resolution to balance the city’s 2010 budget by removing from the budget allocations for expenditures that have already been cut.
The fine-tuning includes the removal of $227,389 from the Huntington Parks and Recreation Department, a formality that merely takes note of cuts that were made earlier in the year.
Jessica Williams - Monday, July 12, 2010 7:54 AM
Photo by Jessica Williams.
Huntington's newest police dog, Orion, will serve his first patrol day on Wednesday, July 14, after graduating on July 1 and completing his certification through the Allen County K-9 Academy.
After "a long 14 weeks," K-9 Officer Alan Foster says he is ready to hit the streets with his new partner.
Foster's former partner, K-9 Brix, retired from the Huntington Police Department on Jan. 15, 2010, after 10 years with HPD. Less than a month later, on Feb. 3, he was euthanized due to his genetic spinal nerve disease.
Monday, July 12, 2010 7:43 AM
Salamonie Township Trustee James Howell will automatically serve another four years in office, beginning Jan. 1, state election officials say.
The final deadline for local party chairmen to appoint candidates to fill vacancies on the ballot passed July 6 with no one stepping up to run for township trustee in Salamonie Township.
Matt Murphy - Monday, July 12, 2010 7:36 AM
Photo by Matt Murphy.
Local governments may be getting an increase in revenue, thanks to increased citations at the Interstate 69 weigh scales checkpoint just north of Warren, and increased police presence in the construction area on I-69 just south of Markle, said Roanoke Town Court Judge Bobby Turpin.
During a special budgetary meeting of the Roanoke Town Council on Tuesday, June 29, Turpin explained to the council that overweight fines had jumped to over $11,700 during the month of June, compared to around $18,000 in all of January through May.
Matt Murphy - Monday, July 12, 2010 7:34 AM
Two road projects in Huntington County have a chance to receive up to 80 percent of their respective project costs covered if the Indiana Department of Transportation decides to approve each project's application during a presentation opportunity on Wednesday, July 14.
The Huntington County Highway Department has applied for grant money that would potentially pay for 80 percent of the over $1 million project to improve the intersection of CR 300W and Division Road.
Matt Murphy - Monday, July 12, 2010 7:25 AM
Continued discussion of the proposed A-7 overlay district along CR 900N was the main focus at the Roanoke Town Council meeting on Tuesday, July 6.
The proposal, formally known as Ordinance 2010-4, would increase the right-of-way on both sides of CR 900N from Roanoke to the county line through Roanoke's extraterritorial jurisdiction to allow for easier construction of the A-7 corridor. The A-7 corridor is a proposed four-lane highway that would link I-469 in Allen County to U.S.-24 in Roanoke.
Monday, July 12, 2010 7:24 AM
The next meeting of the Huntington County Soil and Water Conservation District is July 20, at 7 p.m.
The meeting will be held at the district office, located at 2040 Riverfork Drive and is open to the public.
Thursday, July 8, 2010 7:31 AM
The Huntington Board of Zoning Appeals meeting scheduled to be held on July 12 has been canceled.
There were no items on the agenda for the board to consider, prompting the cancellation.
Tuesday, July 6, 2010 4:54 PM
The Huntington Parks and Recreation Department and the Huntington Park Board will be holding a special meeting on Thursday, July 8 at 9 a.m. at the Neighborhood Recreation Center, 745 Condit St.
The budget for 2011 will be discussed.
Cindy Klepper - Monday, July 5, 2010 9:01 AM
There will be no tough choices in the town council elections in Warren or Markle this fall.
In each of those towns, the number of candidates for town council is equal to the number of openings on those councils. There is no opportunity for additional candidates to join those ballots, as the filing deadline was June 30 at noon.