At their first meeting of the new year, the Boardman City Council held a swearing in ceremony for three members. Mayor Sandy Toms swore in Brandon Hammond, Brenda Profitt, and Delbert Turner as city councilors.
All three were elected in the November general election. Councilors’ Hammond and Turner are new to the council. Councilor Profitt has served the past four years on the council and was re-elected. All three councilors will serve on the council for a term ending December 31, 2018.
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In other city business, the council passed a resolution aimed at promoting development in Boardman. The resolution temporarily waives system development charges (SDC’s) for water and sewer hook ups in the city. The resolution waives the SDC’s, up to $10,000, to property owners or developers of residential or commercial property within the city limits until Dec. 31, 2015.
This incentive was first passed in 2010 for residential customers only, and since then the council has passed a resolution each year allowing the waiver of SDC’s for all construction within the residential or commercial districts. Twenty-two projects have qualified for the SDC waivers in the past four years, and the city hopes many more will take advantage of this year’s incentive.
The city council was also given a tour of the city’s new website. The site has several new features which enable the user to find information quicker as well as a subscription link to the Boardman Bulletin, which is emailed directly to the user.
The next meeting of the Boardman City Council will be Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015 at 7 p.m.
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