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Monroe County commissioners: Equal county-city representation is “only way” to move convention center expansion forward

Monroe County commissioners: Equal county-city representation is “only way” to move convention center expansion forward

Set for Thursday night in Bloomington’s city council chambers is the third in a series of meetings between city and county elected officials about the planned expansion of the county convention center. A short letter from the three Monroe County commissioners, sent Wednesday to Bloomington’s mayor, John Hamilton,

Monroe County chooses Hart Intercivic for voting equipment purchase

Monroe County chooses Hart Intercivic for voting equipment purchase

At the work session following their regular Wednesday morning meeting, Monroe County commissioners confirmed a choice of vendor for some new election equipment: Hart Intercivic, out of Austin, Texas. The other competing vendor was Election Systems & Software (ES&S), out of Omaha, Nebraska. Based on the recommendation of

UDO update: Parliamentary prickliness as Bloomington stands pat on parking minimums

UDO update: Parliamentary prickliness as Bloomington stands pat on parking minimums

On Tuesday night, Bloomington’s city council dispatched about a dozen amendments to its draft unified development ordinance, setting itself up for a realistic shot at handling all the amendments released so far by the end of its Wednesday session. [For a linked list of all those amendments see The

Uncertain future for Bloomington farmers market, still no decision on charges against protestors

Uncertain future for Bloomington farmers market, still no decision on charges against protestors

At Monday’s meeting of the farmers market advisory council, held in Bloomington’s city council chambers, few answers about the future of the market could be gleaned from the group’s discussion. That’s partly because the group’s role is just advisory, to the city’s four-member

Sidewalk committee climbing a $17M mountain with $300K annual steps: Half-century until summit

Sidewalk committee climbing a $17M mountain with $300K annual steps: Half-century until summit

On Monday at noon, Bloomington city council’s sidewalk committee met for the second time in the last couple weeks, to sort through 62 proposed new sidewalk construction projects for 2020. This year, the four-member group has $324,000 to allocate towards the projects, one of which, along Dunn

Plenty more first round UDO amendments: Payment in lieu, parking minimums, projecting signs, partial demolition, and more

Plenty more first round UDO amendments: Payment in lieu, parking minimums, projecting signs, partial demolition, and more

Bloomington’s city council used two sessions last week to debate and vote on some amendments to the unified development ordinance that directly dealt with density. Key outcomes were the outright prohibition of duplexes and triplexes from core neighborhoods and the elimination of the conditional use public process for accessory

Oral Arguments in front of Supreme Court scheduled for Bloomington’s lawsuit over annexation law: Jan. 9, 2020

Oral Arguments in front of Supreme Court scheduled for Bloomington’s lawsuit over annexation law: Jan. 9, 2020

Oral arguments have now been scheduled by Indiana’s Supreme Court in the lawsuit that Bloomington filed against Gov. Eric Holcomb in May 2017. Th case stems from a law enacted by the state legislature that year, which effectively ended Bloomington’s annexation process that was underway. Each side will