Posts Tagged ‘City Council’
Agenda Review May 9
Items on the Agenda and what was discussed. Authorizing the Mayor to execute and deliver a real estate purchase agreement and other related instruments necessary to effectuate the City’s acquisition of an approximate 48 acre parcel of real property known as Capital Commons, 5600 Angola Road, Toledo, Ohio; authorizing the appropriation of [...]
Public Utilities May 9
5 year update for the Lucas County Solid Waste Management District was first on the agenda of the May 9 Public Utilities committee meeting. Director Jim Shaw spoke, he said Solid Waste District began March 6, 1989, started out as a policy committee, it's a requirement of the Ohio EPA. The plan update is in the 30 day public comment period. [...]
Truth: Dashed dreams and conspiracies
In 2009, Paul Hubbard and James McDay had dreams , unfortunately when you read this week's Sojourner's Truth, some of the earlier promises made to the two men have not materialized. As the report by Sojourner’s Truth Staff also points out Gladieux management did not respond to their contacts. Fifth Third Field ended it's contract with [...]
May 3 Toledo City Council
Much of what was passed was discussed at Agenda Review I tried to not repeat what was already covered. Appointments from Office of the Mayor Appointments - Arts Commission of Greater Toledo Confirmed Appointments - Board of Building Appeals Confirmed Appointment - Board of Electrical Control Confirmed Appointment - Home Improvement [...]
Libbey hearing
Joint committee meeting of Neighborhoods, Community Development & Health with Youth, Parks & Recreation. The topic of the joint hearing was the development agreement between TPS and Toledo for the lease then purchase of the portion of the former Libbey High School that does not include the historic building, just the field house, skill center and [...]
Hicks-Hudson wins, Maumee levy defeated, Sylvania levy passes
The Maumee School 5.9-mill continuing levy appears to have failed according to the unofficial vote tally by the Lucas County Board of Elections for the May 3 Special Election. As of 9:20 p.m. 100 percent of the 16 precincts in Maumee were counted, with a voter turnout percentage of 21.2: There were 2844 total votes with 1479 (52 percent) [...]
District 5 Newsletter
District 5 Toledo City Councilman Tom Waniewski's latest newsletter: Westside CSX Corridor The CSX Toledo Terminal is a recently-abandoned corridor that stretches eleven miles from Laskey Rd. to Rossford. Take a look at the corridor map. Naturally, a big chunk of that runs through this council district. I attended a meeting May 2nd for public [...]
Apportionment reminder
The Toledo apportionment board will host the first of three public meetings to solicit community input on the drawing of new council districts on Tuesday, May 3. The meeting will begin at 5 p.m. at the Highland Park shelter house located at 1865 Finch St. Residents will have two other opportunities to offer input on the process of [...]
22,000 + pool visits
During the 2010 swimming season for City of Toledo public pools, which ran from June 21st – August 13 -- 22,450 visits were logged at the six pools that were open, Willys, Wilson, Navarre, Pickford, Jamie Farr and Savage splash pad. The 2009 swimming season was a shorter one due to the economic situation Toledo was in, July 7th – August [...]
Private parking lot fees not within City control
Council President Wilma Brown said at the April 19 Toledo City Council meeting that some of the parking fees being charged for Downtown events were ridiculous, she wanted to know if there was an ordinance that could control the price with some of them charging $20 and more. Deputy Mayor Tom Crothers said the City's only area of control is over the [...]
