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STEUBENVILLE City Council met in executive session Tuesday to discuss a proposed settlement to litigation over Steubenville’s 25 neighborhood conservation districts, but not everyone was happy about it.
After voting no on the motion to go behind closed doors again to discuss the proposal, 5th Ward Councilman Willie Paul said he was tired of talk and wanted a decision. The vote was 6-1.
“How much longer are we going to talk about this matter?” an irritated Paul said. “I really think were beating a dead horse. I’m tired of going into executive session and talking about the same thing. We’re paying a lawyer to get on the phone with us, that’s got to be costing us money, and we’re worrying about what we’re paying the (complainant). I really think we’re wasting time.”
Feb 13, 2021
There’s a question that’s been asked in many different forms across many years: What happens if they hold an election and no one runs for office?
Residents of communities on both sides of the Ohio River learned they likely will be facing just that situation after filing deadlines for this spring’s primary elections passed in Ohio and West Virginia.
This year’s elections do not carry the pizazz that comes with a presidential race. But what they lack in glamour they make up for in importance. They are the true grassroots votes, the opportunities for residents of communities large and small to fill those positions that have the greatest impact on their daily lives.
Feb 12, 2021
There’s a question that’s been asked in many different forms across many years: What happens if they hold an election and no one runs for office?
Residents of many communities on both sides of the Ohio River learned they likely will be facing just that situation after filing deadlines for this spring’s primary elections passed in Ohio and West Virginia.
This year’s elections do not carry the pizzazz that comes with a presidential race.
But what they lack in glamour they make up for in importance. They are the true grassroots votes, the opportunities for residents of communities large and small to fill those positions that have the greatest impact on their day-to-day lives.
From staff reports
STEUBENVILLE – The filing deadline for the May 4 primary election passed Wednesday with only a handful of candidates locally throwing their hats in the ring.
Steubenville residents currently have one contested race and two levies to decide when they go to the polls in May.
A 1-mill levy renewal also is on the ballot for voters in the Bantam Ridge, Brentwood, Cross Creek and West Park precincts.
In Steubenville: Incumbent 4th Ward Councilman Scott Dressel, 411 Madison St., will battle Royal Mayo, 544 Highland Ave., for the Democratic nomination. No one filed on the Republican ticket. Incumbent 2nd Ward Councilman Craig Petrella, 1665 Moreland Drive, is unopposed on the Democratic ticket in the primary election. He’ll square off with Republican Tracy McManamon, 616 Belleview Blvd., in November.
lharris@heraldstaronline.com
STEUBENVILLE – City Council nixed a property owner’s request Tuesday to rezone a parcel on Lincoln Avenue so he can start a storage business there.
Council voted 7-0 to accept the Planning and Zoning Commission’s recommendation to deny Phamassociates’ owner Frank Vostatek’s request to reclassify a site at 1028 Lincoln Ave. from medium density residential (R-2) to general commercial and industrial (I-1).
Vostatek said he figured to build between 60 and 80 storage units, telling council he’d need a 35 percent occupancy rate to break even.
Prior to the vote, Vostatek had reminded council his wouldn’t be the only business in the neighborhood.