September Council Meeting Summary

I'm doing a little clean up here, I neglected to post this to the blog earlier:

City Council held their monthly September meeting tonight below are some highlights. See more at September Agenda and attachments Police Chief Hired Kenneth Stanley, currently chief of the Village of Centuria, Wisconsin, has been selected by the University Heights City Council as Police Chief of University Heights, to replace the retiring Chief, Ron Fort.   Prior to his position in Wisconsin, Chief Stanley had a 30 year career with the California Highway Patrol. From 2003 to 2013 he served as a Sergeant and supervised in offices containing over 100 uniformed officers, as well as in an administrative capacity supervising a team of uniformed and non-uniformed personnel. Before that he worked in regional offices, public affairs, and the research and planning section of the patrol. ln the spring of 2013,he graduated from the School of Police Staff and Command at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, where he was elected class president. He holds a Bachelor’s of Arts degree from San Francisco University in Public Administration and Public Policy. Stanley is expected to begin his term on November 1. 2014.. Development Proposal Presented Thomas Galuski of GG Land Group presented an initial concept for an apartment development at 901 Melrose Ave. extrememe eastern edge of town) this would be a residential complex with 158 units housing 500 residents. Council directed him to hold open community meetings to present information to all interested citizens. Go here to see the proposal Building Moratorium Proposed Council will hold a special meeting on September 24th to continue discussing the possibility of a 90 day building permit moratorium to allow the zoning commission to discuss amending ordinance 79. Go here to read more about this.

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