Category Government

City’s payments add up to more than $2.3 million

One issue that’s been the focus of a lot of discussion lately is the amounts of money the City of Logansport paid for various services, including consulting and legal fees. On April 1, 2015, we made a public records request…

Mayor plans to pursue third power plant option

Some of Logansport’s elected officials have promised hundreds of jobs, hundreds of millions of dollars in private investments and lower electric rates as part of a “rate stabilization initiative” introduced in November 2012. Despite failed negotiations with two companies, they…

Power Plant Deadline Passes, Mayor Issues Statement

MAYOR FRANKLIN ANNOUNCES CONTINUED EFFORTS TO REPOWER AND EXPAND LOGANSPORT MUNICIPAL UTILITIES POWER GENERATION Mayor Ted Franklin announced today his continuing efforts to achieve the primary objectives of the Rate Stabilization Initiative (primary objectives), which are: A public-private partnership will…

Brewer selected as new parks administrator

The Logansport Parks & Recreation Department named Rich Brewer as the new parks administrator during a special meeting Tuesday night. Brewer, a member of the board, has been serving as the interim parks administrator since Jan Fawley resigned last fall…