The Fairfield City Council met Tuesday evening for their second February meeting. Shannon Woodard with the engineering firm of Conner & Conner, addressed the
The Fairfield City Council met Tuesday evening for a brief 20 minute session. The council unanimously passed an ordinance regulating storage containers on
Work is set to start on the Main and Delaware pavement project today. With that, city officials want the public to be aware of ways to help the process move smoother and minimize the effect on small businesses. Libby Lingafelter, Wayne County Chamber Director talks about parking during the road work The first phase of the construction will be curbing and ADA ramps. Construction is slated to begin at the 7th and Delaware intersection near CVS and will progress east. The price tag of the work is just over $7 million dollars and is being covered by the state. The work on Main and Deleware Streets is not the only work taking place in the city. The City of Fairfield is also seeing work on a new Water Tower in the community. in the area of Southwest 7th Street.
The Wayne County Chamber of Commerce will hold their annual dinner meeting on Monday, March 13th. The meeting will take place at Willow Creek with happy hour beginning at 5 and dinner at 6:30. You can get tickets to the event by contacting Libby Lingafelter at the Chamber office at 618-842-6116.
The Wayne County Board met for their regular monthly meeting last night at the Wayne County Courthouse. Michelle Richards and Kris Parrent, representing the Wayne County Humane Society appeared before the board for enforcement clarification for their contract with the county. Currently, the society can only issue warnings in instances of animals running loose. For the most part, these warnings are ignored with the society unable to issue tickets as they do in Fairfield. The society is contracted by the county and city for animal control. The board, the Humane Society, and the States Attorney will review the issue. Richards also thanked the board for the funds to assist in a large remodeling project at the shelter. Stephanie Beehn, the owner of Stephy's Bar and Grill, appeared before the board asking for a revision in the Liquor Ordinance regarding hours of operation. The ordinance currently states that liquor license holders can't be open until 9 am, however, Beehn requested