CUNY Board of Trustees tables vote on $3 million McKinsey proposal after criticism nydailynews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nydailynews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
khowell@salemnews.net
GOSHEN TOWNSHIP Trustees Monday night opened sealed bids for the Smith Goshen Road resurfacing project, then tabled the issue so the Mahoning County Engineer’s Office can review them.
The project addresses the stretch of roadway between state Route 165 and Middletown Road. It is being funded through a $168,952 Ohio Public Works Commission (OPWC) grant, with the township responsible for $78,303 to complete the project.
The township received six bids: RT Vernal at $146,978, Lindy Paving at $142,471.75, Barbicas Construction at $136,622.20, Chagrin Valley Paving at $154,107, Yarian Brothers Construction at $196,537.12 and Kirila Contractors at $142,474. They were turned over to Bob Durbin of the Mahoning County Engineer’s Office to review.
khowell@salemnews.net
GOSHEN TOWNSHIP – Trustees Monday night expressed support for a proposed additional sales tax to generate funds for road maintenance.
Trustees passed a resolution in support of the proposed .25 percent additional sales tax for the Mahoning County Engineer’s Office that would generate $8 million. That money would be split evenly between the county and the townships, with $4 million going to the engineer’s office to fix county roadways and $4 million shared among the townships based on road mileage.
Trustee Shawn Mesler said under the proposal, Goshen Township would receive $147,000.
“I think this is a good thing,” Mesler said. “I believe the residents should have a say (in how their tax dollars are spent), and this gives them the vote. If approved, it would allow money for the county to fix county roads in the township and the township to fix our own roads.”
OBSERVER Photo by Jo Ward
Fredonia Village Hall.
Scott Johnston has been appointed to one of the two vacant seats on the Fredonia Board of Trustees Monday at the regular board meeting.
“I’d like to make a motion that we hold a vote on the prospective people we have for the two vacant seats on the board of trustees,” Trustee James Lynden started as he opened up discussion for the filling of these positions. “There are four people who have expressed interest. We had one vote at a previous meeting that did not pass. There’s three other people who have expressed interest, they all have qualifications, some more than others.”
“All politics is local,” implored former Democratic Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill.
Town leaders in Monument, a bedroom community for Denver and Colorado Springs, don’t want to lose businesses to the state’s on-again-off-again COVID-19 shutdowns. In Monument, when a business owner struggles or goes under it means a friend and neighbor in peril.
“The person we see at the grocery store is the person we see two tables down at the restaurant, in church, or at Walmart,” said Mayor Don Wilson. “A law that causes social separation in Denver or LA does not work in a town like this.”