ARPA committee recommends $1.1 million for shelter.

Planning & Zoning objects to procedural change.

Council members mull accountability and influence in split decision over election measure. 

SBJ interviews developers who are rehabilitating dilapidated residences.

Jan. 8 Springfield City Council agenda includes two items that would go before voters in April 2 election. 

Permit request prompts members to suggest revisiting the issue.

Blighted building report is a starting point for proactive enforcement, according to Councilmember Brandon Jenson.

Data presented to Springfield City Council by Police Chief Paul Williams on Nov. 20 show a diminishing number of crimes against persons in the city. His report covered the first three quarters of the year, a period ending Sept. 30.

Data show crime is on the wane, but community members sound a warning about an uptick in violence. 

Issue pits workplace safety against residents’ right to access facilities.

Neighborhood preservation is cited as a reason for the new process informing both tenants and owners of pending alcohol sales. 

A trio of agenda items at the Oct. 16 meeting of Springfield City Council aims to connect portions of the city’s greenways trail system.

Council is considering a community improvement district for the development following approval of a tax increment financing plan for Brody Corners in March 2022.

The community improvement district would fund site improvements.

Bidding interest is low among busy contractors.

Council is asked to approve utility’s request for electric rate hikes in each of next three years.

The industrial contamination in northwest Springfield is considered an environmental justice issue.

Council mulls proposal of three rate hikes over three years .

Officials say new data would drive solutions to chronic problem in city.

Roughly half of financing comes from state-appropriated ARPA monies.