City council progresses with hotel, affordable housing plans
By Reagan Rude | October 20, 2023At Oxford City Council’s Oct. 17 meeting, councilors discussed affordable housing and the opening of a new hotel in Oxford.
At Oxford City Council’s Oct. 17 meeting, councilors discussed affordable housing and the opening of a new hotel in Oxford.
At Oxford City Council’s Oct. 3 meeting, held at the Oxford Municipal Building due to the power outage, the council focused on the promising vision of a new hotel in Oxford as well as issues regarding the Oxford City Fire Department.
At Oxford City Council’s Sept. 19 meeting, councilors looked to continue fighting for affordable housing, and a declaration was made to honor half of September and October.
“People and Policies” focuses on Oxford’s local election cycle, featuring conversations with candidates about important issues. On this episode, Staff Writer Olivia Patel sat down with incumbent Oxford City Council candidate Jason Bracken.
At Oxford City Council’s Sept. 5 meeting, councilors addressed two problems facing the Oxford community: lack of affordable housing and a viable sustainability plan.
At Oxford City Council’s May 2 meeting, councilors focused on hot-topic issues surrounding the Oxford community and Miami University’s campus
At Oxford City Council’s April 4 meeting, councilors focused on sustainability and housing.
At Oxford City Council's Feb. 7 meeting, councilors were tasked with ranking three resolutions for ARPA funding by priority.
On Dec. 6, more than 15 members attended the city council’s first December meeting, despite the dark, stormy weather outside that night.
The first proclamation declared Nov. 8 as World Town Planning Day that aims to promote civic engagement with city planning. Snavely presented the proclamation to Corey Watt, the chair of the planning commission.
The meeting had two resolutions, one increasing the legal director’s hourly rate from $135 an hour to $155 and the other extending an option for the city manager to purchase real estate with Episcopal Retirement Services by a month, both passing unanimously.
After a packed and long meeting in September, Oxford City Council gathered for its first meeting of the month on Oct. 4 at the Oxford Courthouse.
Oxford City Council approved a resolution to reimburse Miami University with $132,000 in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding for a building renovation during its Sept. 6 meeting.
Oxford's DORA now has no set end date, continuing the program into the fall for the first time since its implementation.
A tense interaction kicked off an otherwise typical Oxford City Council meeting on Tuesday, April 19.
Inflation brought on by two years in a pandemic and Russia’s war on Ukraine was on full display at Oxford’s City Council meeting Tuesday, April 5.
Oxford City Council accepted two new grants for the city and heard about how a third was being used at its March 1 meeting.
Oxford's styrofoam ban prohibits businesses from purchasing styrofoam for food-serving purposes and gives restaurants two years to use up their supply of styrofoam.
As Miami University faculty embark on their unionization journey, the Oxford Fire Department (OFD) has just signed its first labor agreement with the city. The OFD union, named Oxford Professional Firefighters Local 5272, is almost two years in the making.
Oxford Mayor Bill Snavely said Oxford City Council will likely not renew the city’s emergency mask mandate, which expires March 1, at Council’s Feb. 15 meeting.