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Valparaiso residents will see a jump in their trash pickup rate. The city council voted six-to-one Monday to raise the monthly rate from $12 to $19.50, starting with bills due in November. It's the first increase to that rate in 10 years.
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Valparaiso residents would pay more for less service, under the city's proposed trash rate increase. Valparaiso City Services is asking the city council to raise the rate from 12 dollars to $19.50 a month, starting this fall.
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The Valparaiso City Council has approved the first round of American Rescue Plan spending. The bulk of the $750,000 appropriation will cover premium pay for city employees who worked during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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As the Valparaiso City Council considers financing arrangements for the Linc development, questions are also being raised about how it got to this point. The $37 million project would replace the Round the Clock restaurant on Lincolnway with three four-story apartment buildings with ground floor retail space.
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The City of Valparaiso has set up a financing mechanism for a proposed downtown parking garage, but not without some opposition. The 300-space Lincoln Highway Garage would be built at the northeast corner of Lincolnway and Morgan to coincide with the Linc development.
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A Valparaiso City Council member wants to follow Porter County's lead and establish committees to allocate the city's COVID-19 money. Robert Cotton told the rest of the city council Monday that leaving Mayor Matt Murphy in charge of dividing up the American Rescue Plan funds seemed like a "narrow funnel."
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Valparaiso Community Schools' property tax referendum has gotten the city council's support. On May 3, voters will be asked to renew the school district's 2015 referendum for another eight years but at a lower maximum rate, going from more than 20 cents per $100 of assessed valuation to less than 15 cents. A resolution supporting that effort was unanimously approved during Monday's council meeting.
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The City of Valparaiso will soon be asking the public for input on how to spend $7.6 million of federal COVID money. Mayor Matt Murphy told the city council Monday that he wants to use some of the American Rescue Plan funds to compensate city employees — like police, firefighters, and first responders — who provided essential services during the pandemic. The rest would be focused toward youth and seniors.