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Adam speaks at City Council Kirsten Barnhart, DHI Media News Editor Tuesday, February 9, 2021 9:19 AM VAN WERT – During Monday s Van Wert City Council meeting, Van Wert Area Economic Development Director Stacy Adam asked Council to consider preparing legislation regarding two topics she spoke about. Adam first spoke about the CHIP (Community Housing Impact and Preservation) grant. The CHIP grant helps rehabilitate single-family homes that are owned and occupied by low to moderate-income households. The cost to apply for the grant is $10,000. Economic Development manages the program on behalf of the county, and in past agreements, they have asked that Council pay half of the application costs if it is not approved. ....
DAVE MOSIER/ independent editor Van Wert City Council adopted a number of end-of-year housekeeping fiscal measures and the 2021 permanent appropriations ordinance during a brief final meeting Monday to close out 2020. First Ward Councilman Jeff Agler takes notes while presiding over Monday’s Van Wert City Council meeting for the first time in the planned absence of Council President Jon Tomlinson. Second Ward Councilman Joi Mergy was also absent and was excused. Dave Mosier/Van Wert independent Council approved salary ordinances that cover employees in the various city departments, as well as Van Wert Municipal Court, as well as permanent appropriations legislation for the coming year, on third and final reading. ....