MANSFIELD — Mansfield City Council is expected to vote Tuesday night on a final 2025 budget that includes a 5.2 percent increase in general fund spending over 2024. Mayor Jodie Perry’s spending plan has a general fund budget of $38.1 million, up from $36.2 million a year ago. Under state law, the city’s finalized budget […]
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News Man Weekly: Main Street project, Mansfield school finances and Iditarod
MANSFIELD — The 37th episode of the News Man Weekly podcast has dropped. In this week’s edition, Richland Source Deputy Managing Editor Carl Hunnell sits down with Jennifer Kime, CEO of Downtown Mansfield, Inc., and City of Mansfield engineer Bob Bianchi. The chat is all about the $20 million Main Street Corridor Improvement project now […]
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Upgraded traffic signals planned for Trimble Road/Park Avenue intersection
MANSFIELD — The next step toward improving safety at one of the most accident-prone intersections in Mansfield is expected to come Tuesday night. City Council is scheduled to discuss accepting a $639,000 grant from the Ohio Department of Transportation to replace and upgrade the traffic signals at the intersection of Trimble Road and Park Avenue […]
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Mansfield voters will have choices among 4 City Council races in 2025
MANSFIELD — Voters will have ballot choices in May and November in terms of selecting members of Mansfield City Council. The filing deadline for the May 6 primary election was Wednesday at 4 p.m. and it appears no council candidate will walk through the entire 2025 election cycle unchallenged, according to the Richland County Board […]
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Mansfield seeks $500K in grants to convert Liberty Park bathhouse into pavilion
MANSFIELD — The City of Mansfield is seeking grants totaling $500,000 to restore the former Liberty Park Pool bathhouse into an open-air pavilion. Public Works Director Louis Andres told City Council on Tuesday evening the city has requested the funds from the Richland County Foundation and the Milliron Foundation. The project would restore and preserve […]
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Lee Tasseff: ‘It’s time to put the Richland County branding story to use’
MANSFIELD — Lee Tasseff said it’s time to take the next step with the Richland County branding message. “The good news it’s time to put the Richland County branding story to use,” the president of Destination Mansfield-Richland County told the Richland County Board of Commissioners this week. “The better part of the news is we […]
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Mansfield contracts with Richland Chamber for economic development work
MANSFIELD — The City of Mansfield may soon have its own version of Jessica Gribben. The city, which saw long-time economic development director Tim Bowersock retire near the end of 2024, has contracted with the Richland Area Chamber & Economic Development for those services. That new agreement, for which the city will pay $100,000 annually, […]
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Richland County Building Dept. chief seeks federal grant to improve software
MANSFIELD — Stephen Risser wants to improve software technology in the Richland County Building Department, an effort he said Thursday will streamline the permitting process and also allow for a streamlined office staff. The Richland County Board of Commissioners like the idea and approved his request to apply for a $100,000 to $125,000 federal grant […]
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Mansfield Mayor Jodie Perry: ‘I remain bullish on the future of this community’
MANSFIELD — Mayor Jodie Perry marks the end of her first year in office at midnight on Tuesday as 2024 comes to an end. Richland Source City Editor Carl Hunnell recently sat down for a conversation with the mayor in her office to talk about her first year as an elected official — the wins, […]
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Mansfield to spend $510,271 in transition to Oracle financial software
MANSFIELD — Finance Director Kelly Blankenship recognized the City of Mansfield’s financial software system when she took office 11 months ago. That’s because it’s largely the same system the city was using when she left that office in 2011. That will change with the City Council decision on Tuesday night to spend $510,271 over the […]