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WFHB Local News – February 10th, 2025
This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, February 10th, 2025.
Later in the program, we have our recurring Black History segment “Dark Past, Bright Future” with host Liz Mitchell. More in today’s feature report.
That’s Caroline Ringquist from Animal Club. This IU student group can dispatch an army of volunteers to get several weeks’ worth of work done in just a few hours. Learn more later in the show on a new episode of Activate!
But first, your daily headlines:
Bloomington City Council
(Photo by Kade Young).
The Bloomington City Council met on February 5th, 2025.
During council reports, Council Member Isabel Piedmont-Smith shared that the Community Foundation received a roughly 7 million dollar grant from the Lilly Foundation to support people experiencing homelessness in the community.
The council heard an ordinance to appropriate additional funds for the Downtown Outreach Program.
The council heard ordinance 2025-03, which would amend Ordinance 2024-20 which they voted on last year, to fix the salaries of non-union employees, appointed officers, A.F.S.C.M.E. employees for the year of 2025.
Director of Compensation and Benefits Erika De Santis presented on the ordinance.
Council Member Kate Rosenbarger expressed concern that the same positions in different departments could receive different salaries.
Council member Matt Flaherty said he was in support of the changes, however, he expressed concern that the lowest grade levels do not pay a high enough wage for the employees to live and work in Bloomington. He also remarked on how the process to address employee compensation was handled.
The council voted unanimously to approve changes to the salaries and job titles of employees for the year 2025.
The council also voted on an ordinance which would establish a Transportation Commission.
The council voted 7-2 in favor of establishing the commission with Council Members Andy Ruff and Dave Rollo voting no.
The next Bloomington City Council meeting will be held on February 12th.
Monroe County Board of Commissioners
Photo by Benedict Jones.
This week’s Monroe County Commissioners meeting started with a report from the Health Department administrator, Lori Kelley. She said that wastewater detections are trending downwards in Bloomington, while flu activity remains high, and has resulted in two deaths this past week.
Next, the commissioners collectively made a proclamation for Black History Month, Commissioner Julia Thomas stating its importance as new challenges emerge.
Later, the Monroe County Emergency Management Director, Jamie Neibel spoke with the commissioners about the Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan. She shared that the plan is required to be updated every five years, and while the review of the plan was completed for the five-year requirement, it is now in the process of the public comment portion until February 11, 2025.
Neibel requested approval from the commissioners for the draft of the plan that has been established so far. The update was achieved with assistance and input from multiple representatives from county, city, and town agencies, as well as public safety, and private entities.
Commissioner Lee Jones was surprised that there was no mention of impervious surfaces, or surfaces covered with material that does not allow for penetration of water, in the Flooding
section of the plan. Neibel was just as surprised and said that flooding has been a big problem in Bloomington and that she would bring it up again with her team.
They shared that if residents would like to be a part of the public comment portion of the Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan, they can find details on the county website in the emergency management section.
Next, representative Anthony Williams from the Reentry Program asked for the commissioners to approve the Memo of Understanding, or M.O.U. with the Office of Court
Service’s grant. Williams said the Reentry Program will be able to operate by using 100% grant funding from the 2024 Sequential Intercept Model Grant Award.
The program targets offenders being released onto community supervision from the Monroe County Jail. The program’s purpose includes reducing the risk of substance use while under supervision, helping to stabilize mental health symptoms, and increasing overall engagement and treatment completion.Williams explained that the Reentry Program will be staffed by a Licensed Clinician employed by Centerstone, a health service provider, who will be paid pursuant to the terms of the Agreement. The request was approved.
The Monroe County Commissioner’s next meeting will be held on February 20th in the Monroe County Courthouse Nat U Hill room.
Feature Report:
Up next, we have our recurring Black History segment “Dark Past, Bright Future” with host Liz Mitchell. Today’s episode centers around Rueben Mayes, a Canadian born football player who played running back at Washington State University and later for the Seattle Seahawks in the NFL. For more, we turn to Liz Mitchell for “Dark Past, Bright Future” on the WFHB Local News.
Local animal shelters are overwhelmed. Animal Club is trying to help. This Indiana University student group can dispatch an army of volunteers to get several weeks’ worth of work Kelseye in just a few hours. Caroline Ringquist is the group leader and chief puppy lover. She’s here to ask you to support Animal Club and other local animal welfare organizations on a new episode of Activate!, coming your way right now on the WFHB Local News.
Credits:
You’ve been listening to the WFHB Local News,
Today’s headlines were written by Noelle Herhusky-Schneider, in partnership with Cats – Community Access Television Services.
Our feature was produced by Liz Mitchell.
This episode of Activate! was produced by Sam Heuser through WFHB’s partnership with The Media School at Indiana University.
Our theme music is provided by Mark Bingham and the Social Climbers.
Engineer and Executive producer is Kade Young.
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This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, February 10th, 2025.
Later in the program, we have our recurring Black History segment “Dark Past, Bright Future” with host Liz Mitchell. More in today’s feature report.
That’s Caroline Ringquist from Animal Club. This IU student group can dispatch an army of volunteers to get several weeks’ worth of work done in just a few hours. Learn more later in the show on a new episode of Activate!
But first, your daily headlines:
Bloomington City Council
(Photo by Kade Young).
The Bloomington City Council met on February 5th, 2025.
During council reports, Council Member Isabel Piedmont-Smith shared that the Community Foundation received a roughly 7 million dollar grant from the Lilly Foundation to support people experiencing homelessness in the community.
The council heard an ordinance to appropriate additional funds for the Downtown Outreach Program.
The council heard ordinance 2025-03, which would amend Ordinance 2024-20 which they voted on last year, to fix the salaries of non-union employees, appointed officers, A.F.S.C.M.E. employees for the year of 2025.
Director of Compensation and Benefits Erika De Santis presented on the ordinance.
Council Member Kate Rosenbarger expressed concern that the same positions in different departments could receive different salaries.
Council member Matt Flaherty said he was in support of the changes, however, he expressed concern that the lowest grade levels do not pay a high enough wage for the employees to live and work in Bloomington. He also remarked on how the process to address employee compensation was handled.
The council voted unanimously to approve changes to the salaries and job titles of employees for the year 2025.
The council also voted on an ordinance which would establish a Transportation Commission.
The council voted 7-2 in favor of establishing the commission with Council Members Andy Ruff and Dave Rollo voting no.
The next Bloomington City Council meeting will be held on February 12th.
Monroe County Board of Commissioners
Photo by Benedict Jones.
This week’s Monroe County Commissioners meeting started with a report from the Health Department administrator, Lori Kelley. She said that wastewater detections are trending downwards in Bloomington, while flu activity remains high, and has resulted in two deaths this past week.
Next, the commissioners collectively made a proclamation for Black History Month, Commissioner Julia Thomas stating its importance as new challenges emerge.
Later, the Monroe County Emergency Management Director, Jamie Neibel spoke with the commissioners about the Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan. She shared that the plan is required to be updated every five years, and while the review of the plan was completed for the five-year requirement, it is now in the process of the public comment portion until February 11, 2025.
Neibel requested approval from the commissioners for the draft of the plan that has been established so far. The update was achieved with assistance and input from multiple representatives from county, city, and town agencies, as well as public safety, and private entities.
Commissioner Lee Jones was surprised that there was no mention of impervious surfaces, or surfaces covered with material that does not allow for penetration of water, in the Flooding
section of the plan. Neibel was just as surprised and said that flooding has been a big problem in Bloomington and that she would bring it up again with her team.
They shared that if residents would like to be a part of the public comment portion of the Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan, they can find details on the county website in the emergency management section.
Next, representative Anthony Williams from the Reentry Program asked for the commissioners to approve the Memo of Understanding, or M.O.U. with the Office of Court
Service’s grant. Williams said the Reentry Program will be able to operate by using 100% grant funding from the 2024 Sequential Intercept Model Grant Award.
The program targets offenders being released onto community supervision from the Monroe County Jail. The program’s purpose includes reducing the risk of substance use while under supervision, helping to stabilize mental health symptoms, and increasing overall engagement and treatment completion.Williams explained that the Reentry Program will be staffed by a Licensed Clinician employed by Centerstone, a health service provider, who will be paid pursuant to the terms of the Agreement. The request was approved.
The Monroe County Commissioner’s next meeting will be held on February 20th in the Monroe County Courthouse Nat U Hill room.
Feature Report:
Up next, we have our recurring Black History segment “Dark Past, Bright Future” with host Liz Mitchell. Today’s episode centers around Rueben Mayes, a Canadian born football player who played running back at Washington State University and later for the Seattle Seahawks in the NFL. For more, we turn to Liz Mitchell for “Dark Past, Bright Future” on the WFHB Local News.
Local animal shelters are overwhelmed. Animal Club is trying to help. This Indiana University student group can dispatch an army of volunteers to get several weeks’ worth of work Kelseye in just a few hours. Caroline Ringquist is the group leader and chief puppy lover. She’s here to ask you to support Animal Club and other local animal welfare organizations on a new episode of Activate!, coming your way right now on the WFHB Local News.
Credits:
You’ve been listening to the WFHB Local News,
Today’s headlines were written by Noelle Herhusky-Schneider, in partnership with Cats – Community Access Television Services.
Our feature was produced by Liz Mitchell.
This episode of Activate! was produced by Sam Heuser through WFHB’s partnership with The Media School at Indiana University.
Our theme music is provided by Mark Bingham and the Social Climbers.
Engineer and Executive producer is Kade Young.
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