Marysville City Council is in the process of reviewing plans for the Marysville East Development on the city’s east side. The project will be developed in multiple phases. Council recently heard the first reading to annex and rezone the 351- acre Section One which will include single and multi-family housing, public common space and an innovation district. The 237.3-acre Section Two will be in front of Planning Commission later this month and likely be in front of council in January. There will likely be other annexation requests in the next year. (Photo submitted) — Marysville City Council has started the…
Author: Mac Cordell
Marysville City Council has given final approval to an agreement to revise the city’s Tax Increment Financing (TIF) agreement with the school district. At its Monday meeting, council unanimously agreed to create a two-year window — from the start of 2024 to the end of 2025 — for the school district to pass a property tax increase and receive 100% of the increase on residential properties, even those already in a Tax Increment Financing (TIF) district. A TIF is an economic development tool that diverts a property’s tax payments from things like schools, libraries, mental health and other entities that…
Marysville City Council has rejected a plan to extend a local Tax Increment Finance agreement through 2067. City council recently voted down legislation that would have extended the Tax Increment Finance (TIF) agreement for the City Gate/Coleman’s Crossing areas. In a 4-2 vote, only council members Deb Groat and Mark Reams voted to extend the TIF. Council member Aaron Carpenter was excused. The area already has a 30-year TIF agreement that will expire in 2037. The legislation would have extended the TIF another 30 years after the original agreement expires. A Tax Increment Financing agreement diverts property tax payments, approved…
The final results are in and Steven Wolfe has been elected as the next Marysville City Council member for Ward 1. “It is nice to have it officially official and to be ready to move forward,” Wolfe said Friday. Following a recount Thursday, the Union County Board of Elections has confirmed that Wolfe, a write-in candidate, earned 1,018 votes, 48.8% of the vote while incumbent council member Aaron J. Carpenter has 1,009 votes, 48.4%. The recount numbers are the same as the Board of Elections reported Nov. 20 after all in-person, early, absentee and provisional ballots were counted. Under Ohio…
The proposed Marysville East Section One includes five subareas including multi-family, single-family, industrial, public common area and a regional pump station. Rockford Development Investments has said they will likely have three or four annexation requests in the next year in anticipation of a large master community. (Photo submitted) — Residents are urging city council to wait on legislation that would annex more than 350 acres, east of the city, into the city. If approved, it would be the first of several expected annexation requests to make way for a large-scale, multi-use planned…
Marysville City Council has approved a recommendation of the local Tax Incentive Review Council, terminating the tax abatement for the Heritage Cooperative facility on Scottslawn Road, built in 2016. The company failed to meet certain promised thresholds for job creation and payroll, tied to the abatement. (Journal-Tribune photo by Michael Williamson) — Marysville City Council has terminated the tax incentive agreement with one of the community’s leading ag businesses. At Monday night’s meeting, city council approved the Union County Tax Incentive Review Council’s recommendation to terminate Heritage Cooperative’s tax abatement. “Heritage is a great company,” said council member J.R. Rausch,…
Santa Claus and Leo Berbee, along with Leo’s grandfather, Mayor Henk Berbee, flipped the switch to light Marysville’s Christmas tree Monday as part of the city’s annual Uptown Christmas Walk. In addition to the tree lighting, the event offered jugglers, a small petting zoo, dancers, live music, crafts, carriage rides, carolers and visits with Santa in his house. Santa will be in his house to visit with children in the pavilion at Partners Park, 125 E. Sixth St. Thursday evenings from 5 to 7 p.m. and Saturdays from noon to 2 p.m. This Saturday, Santa’s house will be open until…
Connect Real Estate LLC offered a first look at plans for redevelopment of the north end of Marysville’s Uptown on and around the former water treatment plant and the Heritage silo sites. “The Silos at Marysville” would include 250-300 “affordable” apartments on the west side of Main Street as well as corporate and co-working areas, public parking, a community arts area, recreational areas and a variety of restaurants and bars. Above, Connect outlined plans for where features would be located. At right, Connect included a variety of pictures and renderings for the retail and mixed use, apartments and rock climbing…
A Marysville homeless woman has been charged with allegedly stealing from a local business. A Union County grand jury has indicted Heather Nicole Carpenter, 43, who is listed as living on the streets of Marysville, charged with one count of burglary, criminal trespass and misdemeanor theft. According to court documents, at about 7:21 p.m., Nov. 10, Carpenter was in the local Meijer store. Because of a previous incident, Carpenter was not allowed to be in the store. According to court documents, Carpenter allegedly had about $117.61 worth of merchandise that she did not pay for. A loss prevention officer confronted…
A Union County Grand Jury has indicted the man and woman in the car with accused murderer Sean Hughes when the trio allegedly led police on a chase through Marysville and the county. The grand jury has indicted Britteny Nicole Mink, also known as Britteny Stepp, 35, of 460 Windmill Drive, Apt. 45, and Joshua “Jay” Rivera Marquez, 25, of Levittown, Pennsylvania. Marquez is charged with two counts of receiving stolen property and one count each of obstructing justice, carrying a concealed weapon, having a weapon while under disability, failure to comply with the order of a police officer and…
Carolyn Bean lives both in Mill Valley and next door to a small herd of horses. Bean said a neighbor recently built a small barn and brought three miniature horses into their backyard. “We were not able to enjoy our backyard this year in the summertime because of the odor from these animals. It is very disturbing,” said Bean. She said the odor was “extreme.” “You can imagine three in a small backyard,” Murphy said of the horses, adding that these are “not tiny little horses,” but closer to the size of ponies. She said in addition to the horses,…
A pair of Marysville men could be facing prison time after allegedly attacking a local man. Dion Joseph Kantner, 27, of 114 S. Walnut St. and William V. Baldwin, 23, of 636 W. Third St. Kantner is charged with one count of felonious assault. Both Baldwin and Kantner are each charged with one count of felonious assault stemming from an incident. According to court documents, on Sept. 10, officials from Marysville Police Department were called to the area of 531 S. Walnut St. to investigate an assault that occurred in the street. A caller said two men were beating another…
Nieca Nowels, director of the Marysville Public Library, said she has heard people stress that strong libraries make strong communities. She said she believes it and hopes others do too. Nowels said the library will likely be on the March 2024 primary ballot asking voters to replace a five-year, 1.5 mill property tax levy that will be collected through the end of 2024. The Marysville Public Library is currently funded by a 1.5 mill levy. Nowels said that levy has “gone down significantly over time, as they do.” Union County Auditor Andrea Weaver said the levy is collecting less than…
A race for Marysville City Council will go to an automatic recount. At Monday’s meeting of the Union County Board of Elections, it was announced that the race for the Ward 1 seat on city council will go to a recount. As it stands after the official vote, write-in candidate Steven Wolfe has 1,018 votes, 48.8% of the vote, and incumbent council member Aaron J. Carpenter has 1,009 votes, 48.4%. Under Ohio election law, any election closer than half of a percentage point goes to an automatic recount. Before Monday’s meeting, Wolfe had 1,013 write-in votes. Carpenter received 998 votes.…
I have always said that I would rather be busy than bored. In fact, that is one of the things I love best about my job. I have said it before and repeat it often (to remind both the reader and myself ), one of the things I love most about my job is that I am never bored. I have worked as a journalist for nearly three decades and I have never been bored —every day I learn something new or meet someone new or learn a new thing about someone I’ve known for years. The down side of…