By Matt Echelberry Inquirer Reporter At the Oct. 9 Galion City Council meeting, attendees first heard a presentation from two representatives from American Municipal Power. Pam Sullivan, senior vice president of marketing and operations, and John Bentine, general counsel for AMP, were there to give an update on two energy projects Galion has invested in […]
By Matt Echelberry Inquirer Reporter Galion City Council held a regular meeting on Aug. 28. Several community improvement projects were approved and the remaining street fund deficit was paid off. First, Stephen Knapp was sworn in as a police officer for the Galion Police Department by City Manager Gene Toy. Knapp was formerly an auxiliary officer […]
By Matt Echelberry Inquirer Reporter Highlights from Galion City Council’s Aug. 14 meeting were presented in the Aug. 15 issue of the Inquirer. However, there were numerous pieces of legislation discussed and the Finance committee report shed light on an interesting issue for Galion residents. The recurring topic throughout the meeting was electric power generation. […]
By Matt Echelberry Inquirer Reporter The official draft of the amendment to the City Charter was presented at Galion City Council’s meeting on July 24. It was standing room only that evening, and when the amendment was discussed, the tension that has been building for months in regards to the change came to a tipping […]
By Sarah Einselen Inquirer Reporter Just one piece of legislation came before Galion city council at the regular meeting Tuesday night, March 13. The ordinance, reducing 2012 appropriations in several funds, was discussed briefly before unanimous passage. The $934,000 reductions, almost all from the electric improvement fund, were a timing issue, according to city manager […]
By Sarah Einselen Inquirer Reporter Galion’s 23-year-old fire truck is just getting old, according to fire Chief Phil Jackson. Jackson presented the case for buying a new, $360,000 fire truck before city council last Tuesday, Feb. 14, saying that of the two city fire trucks, one is so old that it’s obsolete and missing critical […]
By Sarah Einselen Inquirer Reporter Galion city council debated frugality versus safety at its regular meeting Tuesday night in council chambers, finally taking a step toward authorizing the purchase of a new pumper truck for the fire department on a 4–2 vote—but two more readings of the ordinance remain. The ordinance under discussion authorized city […]
By Rachel Mendell The Galion City Council met for the first time in 2012 to conduct beginning of the year business and assign committees for the new year. Dick Hottenroth, chair and president of the trustees of the Freese Foundation, attended the meeting to dedicate a new plaque (see box) to the city in memory of […]