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Jeff Himler | Tribune-Review Kristin Kuhns, in foreground, and son, Mick, remove two of their 20 chickens from coops on Aug. 12 in the backyard of their home in Unity Township’s Lawson Heights.
TribLIVE s Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. Neighbors complained about noise and odor from backyard chickens in Unity Tuesday as the owners concluded their testimony in pursuit of a zoning variance needed to keep the birds. Kristin and Jeff Kuhns are appealing a July 13 ruling by township zoning officer Harry Hosack that they can’t keep a flock of 20 chickens on their Range Street property. Hosack testified that the couple’s yard measures less than the 2-acre minimum required to keep fowl, which are classified as farm animals under Unity’s zoning ordinance. ....
TribLIVE s Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. Jeannette’s former community development director repaid nearly $7,000 to the city that she was mistakenly given after her retirement last year, according to a settlement agreement. The issue was caused by an incorrect calculation in the city’s payroll department, giving Diana Reitz more money than she was entitled to for unused sick and vacation days. The same thing happened to a second former employee, who city officials said immediately returned the overpayment. City officials requested in April a repayment from Reitz after issuing her an erroneous W-2 form in January stating that her wages for 2019 were $80,000, according to the agreement. Both parties agreed that her wages actually were $70,000 and that the repayment amount should be $7,747. ....