‘Toledo Area’ Archives
TFP: Future of Point Place and more
The cover story for this week's Toledo Free Press focuses on Point Place, the questions raised concerning the possible de-accreditation of the dike and the proposed placement of dredged materials at Cullen Park are focused on. LINK to "Army Corps’ proposals threaten future of Point Place." In Opinion, Don Burnard opines on The Right's tax [...]
City admits owing Housing Fund
I briefly covered the December 17, 2009 Community & Neighborhoods Toledo City Council meeting on the Toledo Lucas County Housing Fund (Housing Fund) after it took place. Since this has been an issue again, I went back through the audio and am sharing below the part of the hearing where the administration spoke, namely Kattie Bond and Jane Boone [...]
Basement Flooding Remediation Program – Utilities & Public Service Committee Meeting
Utilities and Public Service Toledo City Council meeting - Topic is an update on the Basement Flooding Remediation Program. Ashford, Webb, Ludeman, McNamara, Sarantou, Waniewski present - Collins also in attendance. Craig arrived after the meeting started. Ashford thanked the administration for allocating funds to address this. He said April [...]
Flash back to 1998 – Housing Fund Updated!
The following was a Toledo Blade editorial, published on Monday, March 16, 1998. As we start to cover the whole Housing fund saga, I think this flash back would be helpful: TOLEDO city council is expected soon to discuss the city's eight-year-old commitment to use net profits from the Summit Street Parking Garage (now known as the Superior [...]
Agenda Review July 27
Sarantou, Waniewski, Webb, Brown, Collins, Copeland, Craig, Ludeman, Martinez, McNamara present Res. - Approving report of Assessment Equalization Bd. for Downtown Special Improvement Dist(SID) Determining to proceed with enhanced public services in Downtown Special Improvement District(SID) Levying assessments in Downtown Special Improvement [...]
Optional furloughs
This morning Lucas County Commissioners voted to create the option of elected officials and staff taking up to four unpaid furlough days to help balance the 2010 budget as reported in the Blade (link). A previous proposal to require three mandatory furlough days without pay was tabled when Commissioner Ben Konop was unable to get the support [...]
HR IT & Finance Committee
Short version, budget appears to be on track, more will be known in August when the new financial management software has been updated. Red light camera revenue is down from what was predicted, delinquent tax collections are up. The following are notes from the Human Resources, Informational Technology and Finance Toledo City Council committee [...]
New dress code and transportation policy for TPS upcoming school year
13abc has the story. Transportation for Toledo Public Schools (TPS) high school students has been eliminated as previously known, elementary and middle school students who live less than two miles from school will also not longer be transported. The previous limit for all grade levels was one mile. TPS has also eliminated it's previous uniform [...]