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Interim compromise on Bloomington city clerk’s salary: $87K not $104K

Interim compromise on Bloomington city clerk’s salary: $87K not $104K

No final decision was made on Wednesday night, but Bloomington’s city council took a clear step towards giving the position of elected city clerk a big salary boost. On a 7–2 vote, the council passed a resolution indicating its intent to set the clerk’s salary for 2024

Judge says Bloomington annexation trial to be put off until related lawsuit is resolved

Judge says Bloomington annexation trial to be put off until related lawsuit is resolved

The special judge assigned to a Bloomington annexation case has ruled that a standard trial to which remonstrators are entitled will not go ahead in mid-November as originally scheduled. That’s what remonstrators in Area 1A and Area 1B had requested—a delay on those proceedings, until some related litigation

Column: A quick reminder for Bloomington that there’s a better way to corral meeting documents

Column: A quick reminder for Bloomington that there’s a better way to corral meeting documents

Yes, it’s been quite a summer. Mine ended with a one-day visit up to Ann Arbor, Michigan, to see Chris Buhalis play a show at the North Star Lounge. When Buhalis sings the lyric, “I come from a big car town, we shine ‘em up and we drive ‘em

Bloomington city council to consider resolution on proposed $104K salary for city clerk

Bloomington city council to consider resolution on proposed $104K salary for city clerk

Cued up on the Bloomington city council’s meeting agenda for Wednesday (Sept. 6), is one item for a final vote. It’s a resolution that expresses the council’s intent to set the elected city clerk’s salary for 2024 at $104,089, which would be a significant increase.

Six now to pick a seventh: Appointments to CIB for Monroe Convention Center expansion nearly done

Six now to pick a seventh: Appointments to CIB for Monroe Convention Center expansion nearly done

In a news release issued at the end of the day on Friday, Mick Renneisen and Adam Thies were announced as Bloomington mayor John Hamilton’s two appointments to the seven-member capital improvement board (CIB). The CIB will govern the expansion of the Monroe Convention Center. The CIB was created

Judge says key ruling in Bloomington annexation case will come on Sept. 5

Judge says key ruling in Bloomington annexation case will come on Sept. 5

After hearing oral arguments for a little more than one hour on Friday morning, judge Nathan Nikirk told attorneys for annexation remonstrators, and for the city of Bloomington, that he’d take their arguments under advisement. Then he told them he would issue a ruling next Tuesday, the day after

Bloomington city council wants its meeting space ‘hardened’ against safety threats

Bloomington city council wants its meeting space ‘hardened’ against safety threats

Thursday night marked the final round of departmental budget hearings for Bloomington’s city council. Mayor John Hamilton was present in person to hear calls from several councilmembers to add security enhancements to the city council chambers. That would likely mean adding money to the proposed 2024 budget for the