City Council met for its first regular meeting of April on 4/4/2018. The meeting kicked off with a very interesting presentation by Police Chief Mathis on the new body camera program the department has been investigating. There were a number of first readings of proposed ordinances including: Grant Request to Fund Three New Full-time Firefighters […]
City Council met for its second regular meeting of March on 3/21/2018. The meeting kicked off with the introduction of 2 new city employees – Lisa DellaTorre – Administrative Secretary, Police Department Nathan Chaney – Maintenance Worker, Public Works Department I was impressed with both the departments introduction and the new team members enthusiasm for […]
City Council met for its first regular meeting of March on 3/7/2018. The meeting started out with several commendations from the police department and the city related to public safety as well as several financial and purchase related items. I was especially impressed by the presentation the Police Chief gave to several officers where the […]
City Council met for its second regular meeting of February on 2/21/2018. There were a number of repeat items on the agenda with a heavy emphasis on zoning requests forwarded from Planning Committee that had first readings on 2/7 that were up for action. Items and discussions of note included: Zoning Request (first reading) for […]
City Council met for its first regular meeting of February on 2/7/2018. There were a number of items on the agenda with a heavy emphasis on zoning requests forwarded from Planning Committee. Items and discussions of note included: Zoning Request and Action for 11905 Kenn Rd (Calvary Pentecostal Church) Zoning Request (first reading) for 11345 […]
City Council met for it’s second regular session for January. The agenda included a special presentation from the Better Bus Coalition as well as two ordinances for consideration: Jake Sweeney Place Rehabilitation Project Updating the method for electing City Council officers Better Bus Coalition Several members of the Better Bus Coalition attended the council meeting […]
City Council met for it’s first regular session on the new year January 3rd. A light agenda to start the year – though looking ahead at what is likely coming through planning committee things will be picking up soon (more on that soon). The agenda included four resolutions in two areas for consideration: Year End Appropriations, […]
On December 20th City Council met for it’s regular session. At a glance the schedule looked packed with end of year administrative work (though it turned out to be a fairly short meeting). There were three principle areas of business: End of Year Finances Beacon Hills Road Bid Vacant Committee Appointments End of Year […]
On December 6th City Council met for it’s regular session. The agenda included two primary business items: Proposed 2018 Budget Review Committee Appointments and Confirmations Proposed 2018 Budget Review For anyone who has not seen past city budgets they are available online: Springdale Finance Information I would encourage you to start with the 5 year or annual […]
On December 1st City Council met to swear in the newly elected (or re-elected in the Case of Tom Vanover and Holly McQuillan-Emerson) City Council members. There were four official matters of business this night two proclamations commending the outgoing members (Bob Diehl and Marjorie Harlow – both will be missed at council meetings!) and […]