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From left, Darius Harris of Niles, artist Sonya Davenport Moore of Warren and Fred Harris of Warren look over drawings done by Davenport Moore of local notable black residents in honor of Black History Month. The drawings are being used for special sets of informational cards â with the drawings on one side and biographical information on the other â about the person and his / her life, achievements and accomplishments. Plans are to get the cards to local schools, libraries, churches and historical societies.
WARREN A local woman is using her artistic talent to create drawings of local black residents noted for their many lifetime accomplishments.
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WARREN Proposed changes to the city’s towing fee legislation could eliminate the chance for appealing payment of the tow fee for people who have not been charged with any city or state traffic violation.
The fee would be levied when a vehicle goes to the city’s future inpound lot.
City Councilman Ronald White, D-7th Ward, argues the proposed legislation to be discussed during Wednesday’s council as a whole police committee meeting effectively will end citizens’ rights to avoid paying the $75 impound lot fee if they have done nothing illegal.
“If a person has not broken any laws, they should not have to pay the towing fee,” White said. “Those persons who are towed should have the opportunity to get their vehicles back if they have not done anything to cause it being towed.”
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WARREN The city is looking at how a fee for towed vehicles would be administered and establishing that fee structure for cars kept on its tow lot, said Councilman Alford Novak.
“What we are proposing is what is being done in Howland,” Novak said.
Under the proposed ordinance expected to be placed in first reading on Wednesday, the city will charge an administrative fee of $75 for any vehicle towed. This is in addition to any fine levied against the vehicle owner for traffic or parking violations.
The city collected $12,825 in tow administrative fees in 2019 and $17,025 in tow-related administrative fees in 2020, according to City Auditor Vince Flask.
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WARREN The city will spend up to $1,442,917 for the purchase of six new vehicles, including four fully automatic side-loading garbage collection trucks, one front-loader refuse collection vehicle and one cable-hoist lift rolloff truck.
The purchase of the six vehicles will cost the city less than when it purchased five vehicles in 2015 for $1,462,227, according to Leann O’Brien, director of the Environmental Service Division.
The lease of the current vehicles ended in November.
O’Brien said the department has had an increase in the use of the rolloff truck in recent years.
The cost of the vehicle purchase already has been factored into the department’s budget, O’Brien noted.