By Steve Clark - Wednesday, May 24, 2017 9:28 AM
The forthcoming wastewater rate increase for Andrews residents has been reduced, said the Andrews Town Council at its meeting on Monday, May 22.
Two developments enabled the board to make that reduction, explained Council President Bill Johnson. The first was that the town was awarded an additional $525,000 in buy-down grant money from the State Revolving Fund; the second was that the SRF increased the term of the town’s note from 20 to 22 years.
Those developments added up to savings for Andrews residents.
By Rebecca Sandlin - Monday, May 22, 2017 8:36 AM
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The Tracy Street road improvement project is complete, and Markle Town Council members received some good news at their regular meeting on Wednesday, May 18, that will put some money back in the town’s pockets.
Evan Thompson of the architectural and engineering design services firm DLZ told the council that construction was completed on May 8, and the project came in about $54,000 under the original contract price.
“I expect it will stay under the original price, even with all the change orders,” Thompson said.
Monday, May 22, 2017 7:55 AM
A penalty is now being added to Huntington County property taxes not paid by the May 10 due date.
Huntington County Treasurer Paula Farley says a penalty of 5 percent will be charged if the spring installment is paid on or before 30 days after the due date and if the taxpayer is not behind on previous property tax payments for the same parcel. If taxes are due for more than this year’s spring installment, the penalty will be 10 percent of the unpaid tax.
By Cindy Klepper - Thursday, May 18, 2017 7:51 AM
Two options for adjusting to declining enrollment remain on the table following the Huntington County Community School Corporation Board of Trustees’ work session on Monday, May 15.
School board members want more detailed information on the particulars of those two options, which are:
• Closing Lancaster, Northwest and Roanoke elementary schools; building a new school in the northeast area of Huntington County; and re-opening the Horace Mann Education Center as a school.
Monday, May 15, 2017 8:03 AM
The Huntington County Community School Corporation School Board of Trustees will hold a public work session tonight, Monday, May 15, at 6 p.m. at the Horace Mann Education Center board room.
Thursday, May 11, 2017 8:06 AM
Congressman Jim Banks has announced that a member of his staff will visit Huntington today, Thursday, May 11, between 9:30 a.m. and noon to meet with local residents and assist Hoosiers experiencing problems with a federal agency.
The office hours will be held at the Huntington County Courthouse Annex, 1350 S. Jefferson St.
Thursday, May 11, 2017 7:57 AM
Two streets in downtown Huntington will be closed for the next one to two weeks while a new storm sewer is installed.
The closure began on Wednesday, May 10, and includes Market Street from Third Street to Center Street and Briant Street from Market Street to Franklin Street.
The work is being done by Wayne Asphalt.
Businesses along those streets will remain open and accessible, says Anthony Goodnight, the city’s director of public works and engineering services.
Thursday, May 11, 2017 7:53 AM
The Huntington County Commissioners will meet in executive session on Monday, May 15, at 11 a.m. in Room 103A of the Huntington County Courthouse.
The panel will discuss job performance evaluations of individual employees.
An executive session is not open to the public.
By Steve Clark - Thursday, May 11, 2017 7:49 AM
The Andrews Town Council introduced an ordinance to raise the town’s wastewater rates at its meeting on Monday, May 8.
The board is hopeful, though, that when it votes on the ordinance at its next meeting, May 22, the rate hike will be lower than what is currently proposed.
By Rebecca Sandlin - Thursday, May 11, 2017 7:46 AM
Members of the Huntington County Community School Corporation Board of Trustees heard the results of a demographics study presented at its regular meeting on Monday, May 8, and although they were relieved by some of the findings, it still leaves them with a difficult decision.
Dr. Jerome McKibben of McKibben Demographic Research told the board that the district’s decline in enrollment is not due to students leaving the county to go to other schools, but by a decline in the community’s student population itself.
By Cindy Klepper - Wednesday, May 10, 2017 8:23 AM
The millions spent upgrading the city's water handling capabilities paid off during the late April-early May storms that drenched Huntington.
“The system worked as it should have,” Anthony Goodnight, director of public works and engineering services, told members of the Huntington Common Council during their meeting on Tuesday, May 9.
The addition and repair of lift stations, pumps and a 2.25-million-gallon holding tank kept the week of rain — including a record-setting 2.3 inches on May 4 — from inundating many previously flood-prone areas on the south side of the city.
Monday, May 8, 2017 8:21 AM
The regular meeting of the Warren Town Council scheduled for tonight, Monday, May 8, has been cancelled.
The next regularly scheduled meeting of the council is June 12, at 6:30 p.m. at Assembly Hall, 131 N. Wayne St., Warren.
Monday, May 8, 2017 8:08 AM
The Huntington County Commissioners are seeking applications from Dallas Township residents interested in serving a four-year term on the Andrews-Dallas Township Public Library Board Trustees.
Applicants must have lived in Dallas Township for at least two years prior to the appointment.
Application forms are available in the commissioners’ office on the first floor of the Huntington County Courthouse or online at www.huntington.in.us/county. The applications must be returned by June 19 at 4:30 p.m.
Monday, May 8, 2017 8:05 AM
Photo provided.
State Sen. Andy Zay (R-Huntington, second from left), Superintendent of Public Instruction Dr. Jennifer McCormick (far right) and Dr. Stacy Hammons, provost at Indiana Wesleyan University (far left), honor 10 local teachers at an appreciation luncheon at IWU Tuesday, May 2.
Monday, May 8, 2017 7:57 AM
A public meeting on the Etna Avenue reconstruction project will be held Wednesday, May 17, at 6:30 p.m. at the Horace Mann Education Center board room, 2485 Waterworks Rd., Huntington.
The purpose of the meeting is to allow residents to meet the contractor, resident project representative and other city personnel who will be a part of the project team. Contact information and a tentative schedule of activities will be provided at the meeting.