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Citing increased workload, one city official salary could increase 20%
By Patrick Keck - pkeck@aimmediamidwest.com
Portsmouth City Council convened on Feb. 8 in regular session at the Shawnee State University Ballroom. Photo by Patrick Keck.
PORTSMOUTH In charge of moving Portsmouth forward with economic development and infrastructure improvements, Community Development Director Tracy Shearer could see her salary improve dramatically.
Currently receiving just less than $50,000 per year, her salary would increase by 20% depending on how Portsmouth City Council takes on the legislation, which passed the City Manager’s agenda Monday night.
The reasons behind the raise, which would see salary go to nearly $60,000, were mentioned in a memo from Shearer to City Manager Sam Sutherland and further discussed in an interview with the
Local restaurants could receive helping hand from city
By Patrick Keck - pkeck@aimmediamidwest.com
PORTSMOUTH Relief has come in varying ways to Portsmouth small businesses during the coronavirus pandemic, whether through local or national assistance, yet it’s nonetheless been a struggle.
Profit margins are already thin for restaurants, said 1st Ward Councilman Sean Dunne during the Jan. 25 City Managers session, made only skinnier by high user rates charged by third-party food delivery services such as DoorDash, Grubhub, Uber Eats and others.
These services charge a commission, sometimes as high as 30%, where a portion of profits made by selling food products ends up in their hands instead of the restaurants.
City renames portion of Findlay Street
By Patrick Keck - pkeck@aimmediamidwest.com
Portsmouth City Council gathered Tuesday afternoon to see the dedication of a portion of Findlay Street to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Photo by Adam Black.
A city worker places the new named street sign honoring MLK on the corner of Findlay Street and 16th Street.
PORTSMOUTH It’s been a work in progress for nearly two years, but Portsmouth City Council took care of the business of renaming a portion of a city street on Tuesday.
Between the Scioto County Sheriff’s Department and Route 52, that portion of Findlay Street will be renamed to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Way.
Packard encourages COVID vaccine, shares poster idea
By Patrick Keck - pkeck@aimmediamidwest.com
6th Ward Councilman Dennis Packard (left) discussed his idea of promoting the Covid-19 vaccines through a poster campaign during the City Council session on Dec. 28. Photo by Patrick Keck.
SCIOTO COVID vaccines are being carried out by the hundreds in Scioto County each day and Portsmouth 6th Ward Councilman Dennis Packard wants the public to not just support it, but to actively promote it.
During his first report as a Council member on Monday, Packard suggested citizens create posters that encourages their neighbors to take the vaccine when it is their turn.