KENDALLVILLE â Shari Targgart is proud to live in Kendallville and she hopes you are, too.
And if not, well, she hopes to work on that as the newest member of the Kendallville City Council.
Targgart is joining the council as the new representative for District 2, replacing Steve Clouse who resigned last month citing needing more time for his law practice and family. Sheâll serve out the remainder of his term, which runs through the end of 2023.
She was selected by Kendallville Republicans to fill the vacancy at a caucus on Saturday morning, finishing ahead of other candidates Ron Stanley and Anna Gibson in the contest.
KENDALLVILLE â After 40 years, the 150-unit Carriage House Apartments on the cityâs northwest side could be getting a makeover in the near future.
Chris Kashman, of Ice Miller LLP, and Ryan Tolle, vice president of asset management, for Gene B. Glick Company â the property management group for Carriage House Apartments â were on hand at Tuesday nightâs Kendallville City Council meeting to share their plans for the renovation project.
The project in its early stages but could have a price tag as high as $14 million. Kashman and Tolle came to the council Tuesday night asking the city to be a conduit so the Glick property management company could solicit the sale of tax-exempt bonds.
KENDALLVILLE â With some help from other city boards providing $1 million in tax dollars, Kendallville City Council members are more comfortable with borrowing the remainder to fund a new solar field on the site of the former McCray Refrigerator factory.
The city is now looking at a five-year financing plan that shouldnât impact local taxes or wastewater fees, meaning residents wonât need to provide anything extra to afford the green energy development.
City council members received an update about possible financing options for the project during their meeting Tuesday evening.
The proposed solar field would take up most of the 11-acre McCray site off Wayne Street, one block west of Main Street, stretching from the west end of the property all the way to Mill Street.
KENDALLVILLE â Kendallville City Councilman Steve Clouse is stepping down after more than five years serving the city.
Clouse announced his resignation this week, citing his need to devote more time to his private law practice and his family. His resignation is effectively immediately, he said.
âThe reason is quite simple â I have served since August 2015 and simply need more time to spend with my family and my private practice. I fully support Mayor Handshoe and my fellow council members so it has not been an easy decision to get to this point,â Clouse said.
Clouse represents District 2, which generally covers the part of the city west of Main Street and north of Drake Road.
KENDALLVILLE â City leaders are wasting no time in moving forward on an idea to build a solar field on the former site of the McCray Refrigerator factory.
The Kendallville City Council will hold a discussion on the plan â and the $2.43 million in financing it would require â at its next meeting on Feb. 16.
Kendallville is exploring building a 1.55-megawatt solar field on the former industrial site off Wayne Street and a block west of Main Street, in order to generate electricity that will defray the hundreds of thousands of dollars in utility expenses incurred each year by the nearby wastewater treatment plant.