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Column: Besides loyalty, what budget outcomes does Bloomington’s city council want to buy?

Column: Besides loyalty, what budget outcomes does Bloomington’s city council want to buy?

On Wednesday, Bloomington’s city council is holding a work session to talk about budget priorities for 2025. Here’s something to watch for: Will the city council start to apply the principles of outcomes-based budgeting to its own part of the budget? Specifically, will Bloomington’s city council start

Backlash on Monroe County’s pending decision to change vendor for employee health clinic

Backlash on Monroe County’s pending decision to change vendor for employee health clinic

A transition to a different vendor for Monroe County’s employee health clinic, which was established in 2010, appears on the agenda for the regular meeting of the board of county commissioners on Wednesday morning. Under the terms of the contract, Monroe County will start working to transition to ProActiveMD

2–2 deadlock on duplex for Bloomington’s board of zoning appeals

2–2 deadlock on duplex for Bloomington’s board of zoning appeals

A greenlight for construction of a duplex on an empty lot northwest of Bryan Park in a central Bloomington neighborhood will have to wait at least until the next meeting of Bloomington’s board of zoning appeals (BZA). At its meeting last Thursday (May 23, 2024), the BZA voted 2–

9 flagpoles now legit for Elks after action by Bloomington board of zoning appeals

9 flagpoles now legit for Elks after action by Bloomington board of zoning appeals

Nine new flagpoles in front of Elks Lodge #446, which were installed early this year at the corner of Walnut and 8th Streets, got an official approval from Bloomington’s board of zoning appeals (BZA) last Thursday. Normally, a variance is requested before the work is actually done. So the

Bloomington budget notebook: Outcome-based budgeting, city council salaries

Bloomington budget notebook: Outcome-based budgeting, city council salaries

Next Wednesday (May 29), Bloomington’s city council will hold a work session to discuss budget priorities for 2025. Possibly part of the conversation will be the concept of outcomes-based budgeting, which is a notion that was given some discussion at an April 24 budget work session. Outcomes-based budgeting focuses

Linda Thompson’s 2 decades of service honored by Bloomington’s environmental commission

Linda Thompson’s 2 decades of service honored by Bloomington’s environmental commission

On Thursday, senior environmental planner Linda Thompson attended her final meeting of Bloomington’s environmental commission (EC) as the city staff member who supports the group. Thompson’s last day on the job is Friday, which ends two decades of service, starting in 2004. Before starting with city government, Thompson

Bloomington Transit to launch new micro-transit service with slogan: ‘BLink and you’ll be there!’

Bloomington Transit to launch new micro-transit service with slogan: ‘BLink and you’ll be there!’

Starting July 15, Bloomington Transit (BT) plans to start offering a new zone-based on-demand service that is meant to help connect riders to the fixed-route bus system, or even provide the whole trip. The program is branded as BLink—which is pronounced “blink” not “bee-link.” The pronunciation squares up with