City council eyes 1976 general fund up 4.9 percent
Mayor Barrett faces a proposed 1976 general fund of 1 285 000 dollars up from 1 225 000 this year. Council members debate funding sources and warn against draining revenue sharing to cover deficits while approving salaries for the service safety director and staff.
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Herb Amey
Messenger
Donald Barrett
Joe Johnson
Johnson
Barrett
Jerry Adams
Adams
Ordinance Would Trim Recycling Operations
City Council debated cutting funding for the East State Street recycling center from 12 000 to 6 000 next year. The plan, by the Environmental Committee, would eliminate a fulltime worker and possibly reduce hours while seeking to return income to the revenue sharing fund. The move aims to balance budgets amid broader pay negotiations with police fire and service workers.
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East State Street Recreation Center
Joe Johnson
Housing Rehabilitation Program Under Way
City launches housing rehabilitation program funded by Community Development Act. Homeowners must meet income rules. applications reviewed by a committee including Harold Shields Gilbert Stephenson and Greg Black. Forms available at Barrett’s office code enforcement office by City Hall and at Tri County Community Action Agency on Route 550. Mayor Barrett also appoints Donald V. Stuchell to City Planning Commission replacing Steven Sachs.
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Donald Barrett
Barrett
Harold Shields
Gilbert Stephenson
Greg Black
City Hall
Tri- County
Community Action Agency
Donald V. Stuchell
Morris Ave
Ohio University
City Planning Commission
Steven Sachs
City to restore normal signal operation Sundays on East State
East State Street traffic signals on East State Street at May and Shannon Avenues will return to normal Sunday operation after resident complaints about long waits while flashing. The city had used a flashing system at night to reduce stops for fuel concerns. The change applies from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. Sundays and days. In other notes, opossums were removed from Little Caesar's Pizza on West Union Street.
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East State Street
May
Shannon Avenues
Donald Barrett
May and
Shannon
Barrett
East State
Little Caesar’s Pizza
Union St
Athens
Hocking River
West State Street Recreation Center
Columbia Gas Rates To Go Up In City Bills
City residents will pay about $1.50 more monthly as Columbia Gas of Ohio Inc raises rates. Beginning with the Jan 14 billing, city customers face a 10.18 cent rise per thousand cubic feet as the company cites higher supplier charges. City Council President Cliff Houk confirms notification of the increase.
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Cliff Houk
Columbia Gas of Ohio Inc
Houk
Athens Messenger Pricing and mailing rates
The Athens Messenger lists daily and Sunday single copies, delivery by carrier or tube, and mail rates for Ohio, West Virginia, and nationwide. Rates include weekly, monthly, quarterly, semiannual, and annual options with prices noted for each.
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Associated Press
D&s
Mail
Ohio
West Virginia
US & Possessions
Athens
the Messenger Publishing Co
Johnson Road
Athens County board members allow student vote before suit
William Lavelle and William Hoffman, both Democrats on the Athens County elections board, voted to let a former Ohio University student vote in the county before she filed suit against the board in 1972. The Messenger reports the votes occurred after Margaret Peck filed the suit.
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William Lavelle
William Hoffman
Athens County Elections Board
Ohio University
the Messenger
Lavelle
Hoffman
Margaret Peck
City asks residents to voluntarily repair sidewalks
City officials plan a voluntary sidewalk repair program alongside scheduled fixes on Court Street Mill Street and Washington Street. Letters will be mailed beginning next year inviting property owners citywide to repair walks and curbs will be built along replaced sections.
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Jerry Adams
Court Street
Mill Street
Washington Street
Adams
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