St Joseph City Council redistricting could be decided tonight
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St Joseph City Council redistricting could be decided tonight
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By TOMMY REZAC
St. Joseph Post
The St. Joseph City Council voted 8-0 in opposition of a conditional use permit that would have allowed the construction of a 175-foot cell tower by AT&T in an east St. Joseph neighborhood.
Earlier this year, AT&T applied for a conditional use permit to build a new tower at 3802 Karnes Road – just behind a row of houses on Morton Lane.
Jayne Katakis, a resident of that neighborhood, was one of 14 people who spoke out against the tower at the last council meeting on June 28. For her and her neighbors, this vote was a victory.
By WHITNEE ICESt. Joseph PostThe St. Joseph City Council voted unanimously today in favor of a half cent-sales tax. A bill sponsored by Mayor McMurray and council member Madison Davis was purposed to the council last week and was taken to a vote this afternoon. The half-cent sales tax for the St. Joseph park system will be up for a vote this August. Council member Madison Davis says the city council made the decision to invest in the city and park system. "What we've done today is decided to put on the ballot in August a half-cent sales tax increase that would provide funding for the sole purpose of maintaining our parks projects and improving our parks system," Davis tells St. Joseph Post. Davis says this tax will revitalize the park system to what it used to be. "Some parks don't have restrooms that operate so we're going to take things like that and make it useable again and sometimes at a downtrodden state and make it something that�