Dave Askins
Monroe County’s council OKs $83.1 million “maintenance budget,” leaves compensation, justice reform for future
Monroe County now has what county councilor Geoff McKim on Tuesday night called a “maintenance budget” for 2020, which includes $83.1 million worth of expenditures. That’s about 4.8 percent more than the $79.3 million budgeted last year.
McKim said at Tuesday’s county council meeting that
Monroe County councilor calls on public to give feedback on possible 19-percent Duke Energy rate increase
At Tuesday night’s regular meeting of Monroe County’s council, the seven-member group got a request for an extra $80,500 to pay for utilities at five county buildings. The extra expenditure was needed because of inaccurate estimates of usage, not the planned electric rate increase by Duke
Wisler leads short-handed plan commission in review of Moores Pike PUD, other projects
At Monday’s meeting of the Bloomington plan commission, a planned unit development (PUD) for 2.2 acres of land on Moores Pike, with 80 apartments in one 50-foot, four-story building, was forwarded to the city council with a negative recommendation.
In other business, which did not get
Arguments heard in court on Bloomington’s attempt to take land to replace 4th Street parking garage
Around two hours worth of arguments and testimony were heard Monday morning at a show cause hearing about Bloomington’s eminent domain action on the JuanSells.com property. It’s just south of the now already partially demolished 4th Street parking garage.
Bloomington wants the owner, Juan Carlos Carrasquel, to
Election board OKs final prep for reduced November elections: “I … recommend that we charge both parties with letting their voters know.”
Carolyn VanddeWiele, a Democrat who chairs Monroe County’s three-member election board, led the group at its meeting last Thursday through its routine final preparations for the Nov. 5 municipal elections.
Part of that prep included some announcements of key dates. Oct. 7 is the last day to register
Bloomington paves way for Little 500 street sprints
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On Saturday afternoon in downtown Bloomington, a blocked-off Kirkwood Avenue offered enough car-free asphalt for the Indiana University Student Foundation to run 54 heats of cyclists down a 200-meter course.
Kaethe Schroeder (SKI) and Robert Strobel (Black Key Bulls) prevailed in the finals