Oak Park News

An ordinance that would grow the Jeffersonville City Council and shift financial responsibilities should have enough votes to pass.

Jeffersonville residents who have yet to connect to the city's sewer service will probably make the connection in next the three years or so.

As we told you earlier, two children were struck by a vehicle on Oak Park Boulevard this morning, near Pleasant Hill Middle School.

Protesters are planning a presentation claiming that the fiscal plan adopted with Jeffersonville's annexation of the Oak Park area was flawed because it underestimated the number of people in the area.

Jeffersonville's tax rate for 2009 increased 19 percent from last year, much more than anticipated, and city Councilman Ron Grooms said the cause of the hike was two-fold. For one, residents appealed property assessments on which the taxes are based, dropping values by $300 million.

I'm convinced that Deputy Barney Fife from the Andy Griffith show was a genius. OK, he wasn't very good with his gun, gosh darn it, but he sure gave good advice for people worried about government intrusion.

Jeffersonville Planning Director Jim Urban asked the City Council at a special meeting Wednesday night to consider hiring new fire and police officers beginning in 2010, when the city's annexation of the Oak Park area takes hold.

One ordinance regarding city sanitation was removed because it was deemed unnecessary and another passed its second reading at two Jeffersonville City Council meetings held Monday night.

Sunday, August 16, 2009 Ind. Decisions - "Oak Park annexation protestors say attorneys failed their case" David A. Mann reports in the Jeffersonville News & Tribune : The plaintiffs in a remonstrance case against Jeffersonville's Oak Park annexation charge that their attorneys were negligent when they failed to file needed paperwork on time.

Larry Wilder is pulling a Brett Favre on the Jeffersonville City Council and Greater Clark County Schools Board.

Larry Wilder is pulling a Brett Favre on the Jeffersonville City Council and Greater Clark County Schools Board.

A formal complaint alleges that an executive session held by the Jeffersonville City Council on last week violated Indiana's open-door law.

A recently completed cell tower should add more bars for AT&T wireless users in Southern Indiana.

Jeffersonville officials are considering building a new headquarters for city police.