Council objects to HB157
By Sandy Rose Schwieterman - For the Sidney Daily News
MINSTER – The Minster Village Council passed a resolution at its Tuesday, April 20, meeting objecting to the passage of a Ohio House of Representative bill that would require refunds of village income taxes for some employees.
House Bill 157 addresses the situation when some employees of Minster businesses worked from home during the pandemic in 2020. For those employees who lived outside of the village corporation limits, HB 157 would require the village to issues income tax refunds, going back to March 2020.
“The Ohio Municipal League asked that every municipality to write a letter to their representatives asking House Bill 157 not be passed,” said Village Administrator Don Harrod. He said the process of refunds would be a difficult task.
Council updated on water tower replacement
By Sandy Rose Schwieterman - For the Sidney Daily News
MINSTER – At Minster Council meeting Tuesday night, Feb. 16, members heard about the plans to replace the Ohio Street water tower.
Village Administrator Don Harrrod led a discussion on CDM Smith’s Preliminary Design Report for the Ohio Street Water Tower Replacement Project.
He said CDM had created a schematic that showed the two best places to situate a new 1.25 million gallon water tank that would ensure even distribution of water pressure, controlling water age, and other considerations.
The two sites are on Seventh Street and on Fourth Street. Also discussed was the idea to approach Danone about the possibility of the yogurt company building their own water tower, since Danone consumes approximately 70% of daily water supply.
Council updated on water tower replacement
By Sandy Rose Schwieterman - For the Sidney Daily News
MINSTER – At Minster Council meeting Tuesday night, Feb. 2, members heard about the plans to replace the Ohio Street water tower. Village Administrator Don Harrrod led a discussion on CDM Smith’s Preliminary Design Report for the Ohio Street Water Tower Replacement Project.
He said CDM had created a schematic that showed the two best places to situate a new 1.25 million gallon water tank that would ensure even distribution of water pressure, controlling water age, and other considerations. The two sites are on Seventh Street and on Fourth Street. Also discussed was the idea to approach Danone about the possibility of the yogurt company building their own water tower, since Danone consumes approximately 70% of daily water supply. Following the discussion, the matter was turned back over to the Utility Committee for further action. If approved the new tower would cost $2.3 to $2.9 m