Tag: City council
Iola’s 2021 spending plan is slowly coming into focus. City Council members spent the better part of two hours Monday hearing budget proposals from Iola’s various department heads, with a familiar refrain. Capital expenditures are…
After more than 10 years of economic growth — the longest expansion in 166 years — the wheels have fallen off the U.S. wagon due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The United States officially entered a…
As Iola officials put together the city’s 2021 budget, they’ll do so with the intention of pumping an additional $450,000 into the city’s payroll. City Council members embraced the higher pay levels after poring over…
Iola City Council members will discuss proposed adjustments to the city’s pay scale at their meeting Monday night. Iola’s most recent wage study was completed in 2014, and instituted over a subsequent three-year span. City…
In a first-of-its-kind moment in Iola history, Monday’s City Council meeting will be broadcast live on Facebook. That’s because city buildings, including the New Community Building at Riverside Park, remain off limits to the public…
Iola City Council members will continue discussions Monday on the city’s policies regarding past-due utility bills and an upcoming evaluation of the Iola’s sanitary sewer system. Also on the agenda is a request from Humanity…
Humanity House, an organization that assists financially struggling families in Allen County, is appealing to the Iola City Council to change its utility payment policies for past-due bills. Representatives will be on hand at Monday’s…
LAHARPE A push to improve LaHarpes housing stock continues to build up steam. LaHarpe City Council members discussed Wednesday a proposed small home ordinance that would allow construction of homes as small as 500…
HUMBOLDT A zoning change will allow a butcher shop to open at the former Moons Market property. On Monday, Humboldt City Council members accepted 6-0 (with Ashleigh Dooley and Sarah Lassman absent) a unanimous…
More than 130 Allen Countians have voted in advance of Tuesdays city and school board elections across the county. The election for a number of city and school board races is Tuesday. Advance voting can…
