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Downloads:AgendaAgenda Packet I.Committee Meetings1.01-23-23 Council Committee Meeting ScheduleII.MEETING WILL RECESS UNTIL 7:30 P.M.III.Call to Order1.Roll CallIV.InvocationV.Pledge of AllegianceVI.Acceptance of Minutes1.Minutes of Jan 9, 2023 7:30 PMVII.Receive Petitions and CommunicationsVIII.Receive Committee Reports1.12-12-22 Finance and Budget Committee Meeting Minutes2.12-12-22 Parks and Lands Committee Meeting Minutes3.12-27-22 Parks and Lands Committee Meeting Minutes4.01-09-23 Utilities Committee Meeting Minutes5.01-09-23 Planning and Zoning Committee Meeting MinutesIX.Liquor Control …

The Kno-Ho-Co-Ashland Community Action Commission’s Emergency HEAP WinterCrisis Program is assisting eligible households with home heating bills. WinterCrisis Program is a federally funded program administered by the OhioDevelopment Services Agency, Office of Community Assistance that providesfinancial assistance to low-income households that are threatened withdisconnection from their heating source, or have already had servicedisconnected. Those households serviced by a PUCO-regulated utility areencouraged to …

MOUNT VERNON –Judge John Thatcher found eight guilty and sentenced two peopleafter arraignments and hearings were held in the Mount Vernon Municipal Court onJanuary 17, 2023. Ashley Ashbrook, 29 of Alexandria, was found guilty of Disorderly Conduct. The Courtsentenced her to pay a $200 fine. Brian Bethea, 20 of Mount Vernon, was found guilty of Failing to Properly Display aValid …

City council representative Michael P. Hillier will not seek re-election for the next term onMount Vernon City Council. He currently represents the fourth ward for the city and is theleading chair of the Planning and Zoning Committee. Hillier currently serves as the cityrepresentative on Knox County Regional Planning and is chair of the Land Use Committee. “I have been on …

This January, the American Red Cross and Pro Football Hall of Famer and blood donor PeytonManning are asking people to score big for patients in need – while getting a chance to win a trip to Super Bowl LVII in Arizona – by giving blood or platelets.The start of the new year marks National Blood Donor Month – a time …

United Way of Knox County Executive Director Kelly Brenneman announced she will retire May 31 fromthe position she has held since 2015. United Way of Knox County has been a health and human serviceorganization serving Mount Vernon and neighboring communities, since 1951, and Brenneman has beenthe Executive Director since 2015. “I have been very proud of the achievements that we …

 Kenyon College’s Bulmash Exhibition Hall in the Chalmers Library presents Revolution: Mark Our Words! This Spring Semester exhibit is a collaboration between students in Professor Eliza Ablovatski’s Kenyon College History seminar HIST 338: Revolt, Rebellion, Revolution, and students in Professor Laura Tabbut’s Mount Vernon Nazarene University Graphic Design class GRD 3023: History of Graphic Design. It will be on display …

, about 125+ people attended the event and most received tours of the new facility at 3595 Columbus Road. What has gone into the construction of the building?  This is a 9M investment in the health of the Centerburg community, built with capital funds allocated by the hospital and generous donor support. The facility is poised for growth and expansion …

MOUNT VERNON –Judge David Landefeld found eight guilty after hearings were heldin the Mount Vernon Municipal Court on January 9, 2023.Tyler Hart, 21 of Danville, was found guilty of Prohibitions Concerning CompanionAnimals. The Court sentenced him to pay a $200 fine, serve 90 days in jail, with 80days suspended, and placed him on two years of probation with the followingconditions: …

Knox County Treasurer, Shelley Coon, reminds property owners real estate property taxes are due onFriday, February 17, 2023. Payments may be made in the Treasurer’s Office Monday through Friday from 8:00am to 4:00pm. Theoffice will be closed Monday, January 16 th in observance of Martin Luther King Jr.Credit card payments can be made on line through the treasurer’s site at …