Ottawa to name dog park name review panel formed
A five member panel of Ottawa officials and community leaders was named to review a proposed name for the Northwest Forest Park dog park. The Bark Park Boosters favor Advantage Ford Bark Park to honor donor funding.
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Ottawa
Bark Park Boosters
Advantage Ford Bark Park
Advantage Ford
N. Main St
Forest Park
N. Locust St
Wynndee Lee
Lee
Ford
Bark Park
Ottawa approves indoor pool reopening at 913 E Wilson St
City commissioners vote 5 0 to grant a conditional use permit for the former Swim for Life center to reopen as an indoor pool at 913 E Wilson St Ottawa The facility idle since 2009 will aim for a Labor Day weekend opening with daily hours 6 am to 10 pm and self supplied lifeguards initially The project includes a vegetation screen or fence on the west parking lot and ongoing improvements by co owner Rick Deitz and Alan Wright which could start before fall opening.
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Rick Deitz
Deitz
Ottawa
Alan Wright
Baldwin City
Ebeck
Wynndee Lee
Wright
Blake Jorgensen
Jorgensen
Lee
Franklin County budget talks hinge on 2014 election costs
Franklin County updates show emergency management seeks 130,705 for 2014 while health vaccines rise to 233,000. Sheriff and jail budgets gain for ammo fuel and new lieutenant colonel duties, with 2014 requests around 1.6 million for the sheriff’s office and 563,174 for 911 dispatch. Prairie Paws Shelter seeks 52,794 as intake grows. several outside agencies also request funds.
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Emergency Management Department
Alan Radcliffe
Emergency Management
Sheriff’s Office
Jeff Richards
Franklin County
Richards
Steve Lunger
Lunger
Sheriff's Office
Prairie Paws Animal Shelter
Ottawa
Jaron Asher
Prairie Paws
Johnson
Williamsburg
Pomona
Asher
County budget requests show slight rise in 2014
Franklin County is set to consider a modest increase of about 3700 dollars in the county attorney's 2014 budget to 460238, including added funds for Westlaw access and appellate briefs. The employee benefit budget awaits presentation, with a public hearing in early August required before final certification by August 25, and changes possible only to reduce from the published total.
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Philip Dudley
Dudley
Johnson
Hunting
Stephen Hunting
Westlaw
Law Library
Franklin County
Commission
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John Coen
Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce
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Ottawa Planning Commission
Deb Barker
Franklin County Historical Society
Caylor
Linda Reed
Reed
Richard Nienstedt
Ottawa City Hall
S. Hickory St
Ottawaks.gov
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Carolyn Retzer
Health Department
Appraiser’s Office
Franklin County Clerk’s Office
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Franklin County Board of Commissioners
S. Main St
Janet Paddock
Paddock
House of Representatives
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Juvenile Services Department
Ethel Wallace
Wallace
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