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Lima City Council want to reorganize a commission, that was first started 50 years ago, to possibly deal with discrimination issues with Haitian citizens living in Lima.
LIMA (WLIO) - Tonight, at Lima City Hall, Council Members and the Lima community joined Lima Council President Jamie Dixon and Lima Mayor Sharetta Smith to kick off the new
Lima council supports union in dispute with Cenovus By Trevor Hubert - thubert@limanews.com LIMA — Lima City Council approved a resolution Monday night as an official expression of support for the “Ohio Jobs for Ohio Workers” campaign. The resolution was passed with no opposition from any council members. It is the first statement from council as a whole in support of the labor union advocating for the fall turnaround at the Cenovus Refinery to be locally sourced. “To all of our union workers, no matter if it’s the refinery or the auto industry, we on the council stand with you,” ...
Hardesty’s residency faces court challenge By Sam Shriver - sshriver@limanews.com LIMA — Former Lima law director Richard Siferd filed a lawsuit Thursday in Allen County Common Please Court on behalf of Alice Donahue of 1175 W. High St., Lima, challenging the residency of Lima mayoral candidate Elizabeth Hardesty. Named in the lawsuit were Hardesty, the Allen County Board of Elections, the Election Board members and the City of Lima. While the Lima mayoral election is a non-partisan race — the two top vote-getters among the four candidates running in the May primary will advance to the ...
Jim Krumel: Right way, wrong way, government way Jim Krumel It simply doesn’t make sense. How can someone take over a job they’ve never done, and get paid more than the person who previously held the position for 32 years? That’s what will happen when Lima elects a new mayor in November. The newly elected candidate not only will receive outgoing Mayor David Berger’s $125,811 yearly salary, but on top of that, she or he will get a cost-of-living increase. The Lima News brought up the possibility of this happening five years ago, but those on City Council at that time took things in a ...