Government

Mont­pe­lier Vil­lage Coun­cil met on Mon­day. Coun­cil heard from some res­i­dents who are con­cerned about an unkept prop­erty in the vil­lage. One cou­ple told coun­cil that an adja­cent prop­erty to theirs has sev­eral old vehi­cles on it, which in turn makes their prop­erty less attrac­tive and valu­able. The cou­ple asked …

Despite some oppo­si­tion, Defi­ance offi­cials are mov­ing for­ward with annex­a­tion plans, and in fact, more annex­a­tions could be com­ing. City coun­cil passed a res­o­lu­tion back in April stat­ing the city’s inten­tion to enforce its annex­a­tion pol­icy. That pol­icy says that prop­er­ties that are receiv­ing munic­i­pal water out­side the city lim­its …

Some Defi­ance res­i­dents are not in favor of a pro­posed income tax levy for police and fire ser­vices. At least one per­son has filed a “form 30D” with the Defi­ance County Board of Elec­tions, nam­ing him­self as trea­surer of a polit­i­cal action com­mit­tee known as “Cit­i­zens for Finan­cially Respon­si­ble Defi­ance.“ …

The vil­lage of Edon now has some­thing unique… an armored vehi­cle. That’s right, Edon now has an armored truck. The truck came at no cost from the gov­ern­ment, but accord­ing to the Bryan Times, it did come with some con­tro­versy. At Mon­day night’s meet­ing, Edon Vil­lage Coun­cil was informed that …

U.S. Con­gress­man Bob Latta spoke to Farm Bureau mem­bers at their annual meet­ing Thurs­day evening. The Bryan Times reports that Latta spoke about con­gress and what they are try­ing to accom­plish before the end of the year. He those in atten­dance that the Farm Bill has to be passed or …

Defi­ance City Coun­cil met on Tues­day night, and the forced annex­a­tion pro­gram, along with truck traf­fic on Power Dam Road took up much of the meet­ing. Other items were dis­cussed how­ever. Coun­cil received a pre­sen­ta­tion on a com­mu­nity health improve­ment plan and an update from a per­son pro­mot­ing the city’s …

Edgerton’s fis­cal deficit was the main con­cern at the Edger­ton Vil­lage Coun­cil meet­ing Mon­day evening. Fire Chief Scott Blue told coun­cil he got a bid for a much-needed new fire truck. The cost of the new tanker would be $248,202, with the bulk of it to be paid by a …

The vil­lage hall tor­nado siren in Hol­i­day City is oper­a­tional again after being out of ser­vice for about a year. Over time, Mohr Elec­tron­ics has replaced all the com­po­nents of the siren. Accord­ing to the Bryan Times, the cost to get it back in work­ing order, includ­ing parts and labor, …

Defiance’s city admin­is­tra­tion said it’s pos­si­ble some deep bud­get cuts will be nec­es­sary in the com­ing year. The city’s finance direc­tor out­lined $445,700 in pro­posed bud­get cuts that he says will be nec­es­sary if city vot­ers reject the 0.3 per­cent income tax increase for police and fire ser­vices on Nov. …

Stryker offi­cials got an update Mon­day on a law suit involv­ing the vil­lage. Coun­cil learned that the suit is mov­ing for­ward, but details are still sketchy. A legal suit against the vil­lage has emerged from appeals court with some issues set­tled. The suit is report­edly related to the vil­lage tax …