Lenco Medcat back on council agenda
By Patrick Keck - pkeck@aimmediamidwest.com
PORTSMOUTH One piece of legislation will be making its way back to first reading on May 10, just four months after Portsmouth City Council failed to pass it.
With grant funding being the issue last time, City Manager Sam Sutherland said on Monday that he and the Portsmouth Police Department sorted through city finances and came out with a potential solution.
“It was discussed heavily that council would like to see some grant funds applied to this,” he said at the first meeting allowing public in-person attendance in over a year. “We did some digging into the finances and found approximately $81,000.”
Council tables lease agreement with musuem again
By Patrick Keck - pkeck@aimmediamidwest.com
PORTSMOUTH A local museum group will have to wait at least two more weeks for a lease agreement following a Portsmouth City Council vote Monday evening.
The first of seven legislation items discussed, the council decided to again table the measure which would have struck a deal between the city and the Scioto County Heritage Museum.
Addressing council in the first meeting open to public attendance in more than a year, SCHM Treasurer Sharon Bender detailed the museum’s restorative progress at its 733 Fifth St. location- home of the former Marting’s building.
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Roads, Police, and Fire make-up majority of C.I. budget
By Patrick Keck - pkeck@aimmediamidwest.com
PORTSMOUTH Coming next Monday, Portsmouth City Council will give a first reading to approve a 2021 budget item for varying city departments.
With a vote in favor during the council’s next session, $1.7 million would be set aside for Capital Improvement Budget Funds 301, 606, 622 and 623.
Road work, identified as a pressing need during the city organizational meeting in February, makes up the lion’s share of the CI budget with more than 40% dedicated to its services.
“We really need to be investing because I don’t really need to tell you that our infrastructure is deteriorating,” said City Engineer Nathan Prosch during the Feb. 20 meeting to city officials.
Council share vision on Market Square pavilion
By Patrick Keck - pkeck@aimmediamidwest.com
PORTSMOUTH Portsmouth City Council took an early step Monday night in its ambitious Master Plan following extensive public comment and deliberation among city government officials.
At the request of Community Development Director Tracy Shearer, the council went ahead with authorizing the submittal of a grant application due June 1 and accepting that grant and obligations if funded. Council first toiled with the notion of tabling the resolution before all six council members voted in favor.
With this vote, the city could receive up to $40,782 through the Ohio Department of Natural Resources NatureWorks Grant, money of which would go to the Market Square Pavilion.