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Kanawha County's seven-member 30th District survives intact in the first draft of the House of Delegates' redistricting plan, which was released Monday afternoon.
House leaders released their plan to redraw their delegate districts minutes before a hastily called public hearing.
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AUBURN -- A plan to let city golf courses, ski areas and similar recreation areas develop resort-like amenities died in City Council chambers Monday night.
Councilors killed an ordinance that would have created a process for recreation areas to create plans for hotels and restaurants on their property. The decision came after more than 40 minutes of public hearing testimony from neighbors of Martindale Golf Club worried about plans for a hotel in their neighborhood.
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A public hearing on Montgomery County's 2012-13 school budget is set for Tuesday at 7 p.m.
At a Nov. 1 meeting, the school board voted to change the start time of the meeting - which will include other agenda items - to 6 p.m. to accommodate the public hearing. This is 90 minutes earlier than the regular start time.
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Boone County commissioners adopted a proposed 2010 property tax levy last week after a public hearing that no one from the public attended.
A notice of Thursday's mid-day hearing was posted in advance, but the proposed levy -- which is identical to the 2009 tax rate -- was not available for public inspection until minutes before the hearing.
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After hearing public fears of shrinking dwellings and surging traffic, Hernando's Board of Mayor and Aldermen will wrestle next month with proposed revisions to the huge Hernando West development.
All but about 15 minutes of a three-hour meeting was consumed by a public hearing generating pros and cons on amendments to the master plan on the 1,200-acre project, originally approved by the city in 2007.
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CLINTON -- Town officials found a wealth of public opinion at a hearing on proposed ordinances governing noise and blight. During 90 minutes of comment from 50 to 60 residents Wednesday night, the selectmen learned that:
- Some residents believe that noise, especially the sort that wakes one up at unseemly hours of the night, should not be tolerated.
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NEWRY - Planners continued work Wednesday night on a proposed 38- unit condominium project which will be nestled amongst pine trees on a 100-year floodplain between Sunday River and Doug Hill Brook.
The meeting was preceded by a public hearing that took less than 15 minutes and only attracted four town officials.
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Chino stadium finally named
CHINO - Chino High School now will be the home of the John Monger Field at Chino Veterans Memorial Stadium. The Board of Education unanimously approved the new name of the stadium at its Thursday night meeting, after hearing 45 minutes worth of public comment and deliberating for an additional 45 minutes.
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Tuesday night's public hearing lasted about 20 minutes, but the debate over fire-safety sprinklers in Piperton has been sizzling for months.
At Tuesday's Board of Mayor and Aldermen meeting, the board, as predicted, unanimously passed a law that requires automatic sprinklers to be installed in all new homes.
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With little hoopla, Santa Fe city councilors adopted a resolution placing a measure on the March 15 ballot that would raise the local gross-receipts tax by a quarter-cent if passed.
The council unanimously voted Wednesday night to approve the measure, which would raise the rate to 6.6875 percent, during a quick discussion lasting less than 10 minutes. Nobody spoke during a public hearing on the measure.