/tags/franklin-county-commission franklin county commission en-US Copyright Mon, 19 Jun 2023 20:13:01 GMT /politics-government/2023-06-19/franklin-county-to-spend-34-million-in-federal-funds-on-rental-and-utility-assistance The county will vote Tuesday to send the federal rental assistance dollars to three agencies and one of its own departments. Mon, 19 Jun 2023 20:13:01 GMT /politics-government/2023-06-19/franklin-county-to-spend-34-million-in-federal-funds-on-rental-and-utility-assistance George Shillcock /news/2020-06-19/columbus-community-celebrates-juneteenth-as-city-moves-to-recognize-holiday As hundreds of Columbus residents celebrated Juneteenth on the city鈥檚 East Side, the city government moved to formally recognize June 19 as a holiday.The鈥� Fri, 19 Jun 2020 20:19:31 GMT /news/2020-06-19/columbus-community-celebrates-juneteenth-as-city-moves-to-recognize-holiday /news/2019-12-16/franklin-county-set-to-raise-water-and-sewer-rates Franklin County Commissioners vote Tuesday on raising rates for sewer and water customers. The increases amount to a 3% hike on bills for water and sewer鈥� Mon, 16 Dec 2019 21:09:12 GMT /news/2019-12-16/franklin-county-set-to-raise-water-and-sewer-rates Nick Evans /news/2019-08-23/franklin-county-announces-10-year-affordable-housing-effort Franklin County Commissioners are planning to put an additional $65 million into affordable housing efforts over the next 10 years.The commission will pay鈥� Fri, 23 Aug 2019 20:24:37 GMT /news/2019-08-23/franklin-county-announces-10-year-affordable-housing-effort Nick Evans /news/2019-07-02/franklin-county-court-receives-5-million-for-prison-diversion-program The Franklin County Board of Commissioners renewed funding Tuesday for prison and jail diversion programs.The $5 million for the Franklin County Court of鈥� Tue, 02 Jul 2019 18:33:06 GMT /news/2019-07-02/franklin-county-court-receives-5-million-for-prison-diversion-program Olivia Miltner /news/2019-07-02/columbus-council-gives-final-approval-for-crew-stadium-deal The Columbus City Council voted Monday night on the final passage of a plan for a new Columbus Crew arena and the redevelopment of MAPFRE Stadium.The鈥� Tue, 02 Jul 2019 09:30:00 GMT /news/2019-07-02/columbus-council-gives-final-approval-for-crew-stadium-deal Nick Evans /news/2019-01-29/franklin-county-launches-entrepreneur-accelerator Franklin County commissioner Kevin Boyce says that well-off neighborhoods boast more resources available to get a new business off the ground.鈥淏ut poorer鈥� Tue, 29 Jan 2019 20:46:52 GMT /news/2019-01-29/franklin-county-launches-entrepreneur-accelerator Nick Evans /news/2018-12-17/franklin-county-commission-takes-up-crew-stadium-measure On Tuesday, the Franklin County Commission votes on the final piece of a public funding package for Confluence Village鈥攖he Arena District development that鈥� Mon, 17 Dec 2018 10:00:00 GMT /news/2018-12-17/franklin-county-commission-takes-up-crew-stadium-measure Nick Evans /news/2018-10-22/franklin-county-program-uses-cornstalks-to-keep-snow-off-roads The Franklin County Board of Commissioners votes this week on a measure that would pay farmers not to cut down some of their cornstalks. The plant鈥� Mon, 22 Oct 2018 09:00:00 GMT /news/2018-10-22/franklin-county-program-uses-cornstalks-to-keep-snow-off-roads Nick Evans /news/2018-10-11/franklin-county-commission-proposes-ad-buy-to-promote-early-voting The Franklin County Commission plans to spend $245,000 on ads for early voting. The board of elections has done that in the past, but Republican board鈥� Thu, 11 Oct 2018 21:16:37 GMT /news/2018-10-11/franklin-county-commission-proposes-ad-buy-to-promote-early-voting Nick Evans