Tag: Fort Wayne City Councilman Tim Pape
Council President election
At last evening's City Council reorganization meeting, Councilman Tom Smith was selected to lead the Council over Councilman Marty Bender. Â You can read the...
City Council meeting notes – 1/6/2009
Let me just say it looks like another interesting year in the Council Chambers. Â I seriously thought Councilman Marty Bender would emerge from the...
Mr. President….
Tonight, the Fort Wayne City Council conducted its 2009 reorganizational meeting. Â The President and Vice-President elections were held and the winners were....
Tom Smith is...
High Performance Government – 12/2/2008
First, my apologies for taking so long to post this. Â I have quite a stack of projects like this on my desk and am...
High Performance Government, Part Deux
During the "Comments from Council" portion of last evening's Fort Wayne City Council meeting, Councilman Mitch Harper had new information to shared with the...
New AFW Post Series – City Council Revealed
Quite frequently in City Council meetings, we learn interesting things, hear spell-binding anecdotes or other plain ol' astounding tidbits. Â Â With that in mind,...
Opinion: Bridge Maintenance and the City, County
Fourth Street bridge over Spy Run Creek,
one of the bridges needing repairs in the City.
Another week, another bridge discussion.
Yesterday, there was another meeting on...
Budget Hearings: An “Absurd” Proposal
Ok, what was that movie with Demi Moore and Robert Redford? Oh wait, that was "An Indecent Proposal". Ok, so I was off...
Proposed Tax Abatement Ordinances Introduced
Councilwomen Liz Brown and Karen Goldner's proposed changes to the City Tax Abatement code was introduced to the City Council in ordinance form last...
Fort Wayne City Council Meeting
The Fort Wayne City Council met tonight in Committee Session. Â There were only three ordinances on the agenda, the first being the Martin Luther...