MANSFIELD — Long-time Mansfield business owner Rick Taylor didn’t mince words Tuesday night in successfully urging City Council to change its mind on the Water Main Initiative. “If you don’t put this (0.25-percent income tax) issue on the March ballot, what is your alternate plan?” he asked. “As a legislative body, you’re responsible for providing […]
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Mansfield Water Main Initiative group plans to ask City Council to reconsider
MANSFIELD — Eric Miller and supporters of the Mansfield Water Main Initiative don’t plan to take no for an answer. “We are going to ask City Council to reverse their decision not to put this issue back before the voters in March,” said Miller, who noted organizers do not have time and sufficient manpower to […]
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Mansfield City Council to discuss pay raises for elected officials Tuesday
MANSFIELD — Mansfield City Council is scheduled on Tuesday to discuss pay increases for elected officials, including local lawmakers. The pay hikes for the mayor, finance director, law director and council members would be the first in four years. The proposed legislation creates additional annual pay increases through 2027. That vote in December 2019 created […]
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Mansfield City Council will have 2 new faces in January
MANSFIELD — There will be two new faces when Mansfield City Council convenes for the first time in 2023. Democrat Cynthia Daley and Republican Deborah Mount were elected Tuesday to represent the 4th and 6th wards, respectively. Daley, a political newcomer, will replace current Councilman Alomar Davenport, whom she defeated in the May primary. Mount […]
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Mansfield City Council to consider zoning change to allow slaughter house operation
MANSFIELD — Mansfield City Council on Wednesday is scheduled to discuss during caucus a zoning change that could allow E.R. Boliantz Packing Co., Inc. to operate a slaughter facility at 1325 N. Main St. The city’s Planning Commission voted unanimously on Sept. 26 to recommend the zoning change ask to local lawmakers. If council approves […]
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Richland Source hosting ‘Candidate Conversations’ tonight and Thursday
MANSFIELD — Voters in Mansfield are charting a new course for the city and Richland Source wants to help you make informed decisions. Tonight and Thursday night, Richland Source is staging two nights of live “Candidate Conversations” to help residents help chart that course, just as we did for the May primary election. Doors open […]
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You’re invited: Richland Source again offering live ‘Candidate Conversations’
MANSFIELD — The nine-story Municipal Building at 30 N. Diamond St. will look different in January. At least some of the key office holders will be different, that is. Frankly, the future of Mansfield’s city government is in the hands of voters on Nov. 7. And Richland Source is again staging two nights of “Candidate […]
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Mansfield City Council OKs $988,000 in ‘premium payments’ for AFSCME members
MANSFIELD — City Council on Tuesday approved $1,090,000 in American Rescue Plan Act expenditures on Tuesday, including $600,000 in “premium payments” for city workers represented by AFSCME 3088. The “premium payments” for AFSCME workers actually totaled $998,000, according to council Finance Committee Chairman Alomar Davenport. With ARPA covering two thirds of the cost, the remaining […]
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Mansfield City Council OKs first project in solving north end flood plain issue
MANSFIELD — A rainstorm in late August should serve as a reminder to Mansfield City Council that the need for the Touby Run Flood Mitigation Project isn’t going away. That was the clear message Tuesday evening from city engineer Bob Bianchi, who gained council approval for a $1.7 million portion of the larger three-part project […]
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Mansfield City Council approves $75 monthly fee for old water meter users
MANSFIELD — Old water meter users in the City of Mansfield are officially on the clock. City Council on Tuesday evening unanimously approved often-discussed, frequently-delayed legislation that will add a $75 monthly fee starting Nov. 1 to any customer who has not allowed the city to replace their water meter. Council in 2019 approved the […]