Dave Askins

A dramatic hike of their own salaries by Bloomington city councilmembers—to about $45,000, which is more than double current pay—has been a highlight of local government news for the last several days. But two other public compensation issues will also appear on meeting agendas this coming week.

Bloomington city councilmember Sydney Zulich said at Wednesday’s regular meeting, that she wanted to address the “elephant in the room”—which was the public backlash to a proposal to more than double councilmember pay in 2025, from about $21,000 to about $45,000 a year. By “elephant” she

Bloomington’s city attorney, Larry Allen, has confirmed to The B Square that his last day working for the city’s legal department will be Dec. 31. The opening for Allen’s position was posted on Tuesday. Allen will be joining the Bloomington office of the Paganelli Law Group, which

Judith Benckart, the Republican Party’s appointee to the Monroe County election board, has announced her resignation from the three-member group, effective Dec. 31, 2024. Benckart read aloud her letter of resignation at the regular meeting of the board on Thursday afternoon. As the reason for her resignation, Benckart cited

On a unanimous vote, Bloomington’s city council has adopted a “Safe Streets for All” (SS4A) action plan. The plan is supposed to guide the city’s work towards a goal of reducing the number of deaths and serious injuries on the city’s roadways to zero by 2039. The

At its regular Wednesday meeting, Bloomington’s city council approved an interlocal agreement between the city and county governments that continues an arrangement first made in 1996, under which Monroe County enforces building code inside the city limits. In recent years the timeframe for the agreement has been just one