By John Estridge Public water lines may be coming to the area between U.S. 27 and Indiana 44 east of Liberty as a result of the federal stimulus package recently signed into law. Union County Commissioners discussed ways to spend the almost $1.4 million the county will receive in the next two years as a …
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UC Bicentennial celebration in doubt due to inaction by UCDC and tourism commission
By John Estridge Union County’s Bicentennial celebration is in jeopardy. That was the message from Bicentennial Chairperson Melissa Spillers and Union County Commissioner Paul Wiwi Thursday morning, March 18, at the Union County Council meeting. Spillers said the Bicentennial has received no money to date even though $30,000 was committed by the Union County Tourism …
UC Council tees up another attempt at increasing public safety tax
By John Estridge Union County Council members took a mulligan Thursday morning, September 17. Council attempted to increase its Local Income Tax, sometimes called Public Safety Income Tax, by 0.5 percent. However, an ordinance must pass on a unanimous vote at first reading. If it does not, then, at the next meeting, it can be …
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UCC ponders tax increase to pay for public safety and health insurance concerns
By John Estridge It was the proverbial good news/bad news scenario for Union County Council members at the prelude to the 2021 budgetary process. Elected officials and department heads in Union County government understood the financial situation for county government, which is usually austere, but with COVID-19 ramifications, may be even more austere for the …
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