Attorney T.J. Reed will succeed longtime Three Rivers City Attorney J. Patrick O'Malley upon O'Malley's retirement at year's end. Reed, currently serving as assistant city attorney, was named O'Malley's successor by the Three Rivers City Commission Tuesday.
Watershed Voice sent out questionnaires to local candidates running for Three Rivers City Commission, St. Joseph County Commission, Three Rivers Board of Education, and Glen Oaks Community College Board of Trustees. In the days leading up to the election on Tuesday, November 8, Watershed will publish the questionnaires in the order they are received. Danielle Moreland, who is running as a write-in candidate for Three Rivers At-Large City Commissioner, filled out WSV’s questionnaire. Here are her answers.
Assistant City Attorney John Barnes was recognized by the Three Rivers City Commission Tuesday for over 30 years of dedicated service.
Lucas Allen, the lone candidate on November's ballot vying for the Three Rivers At-Large commission seat long held by Commissioner Daryl Griffith, was escorted out of Tuesday's commission meeting by Police Chief Scott Boling at the behest of Mayor Tom Lowry.
Assistant City Attorney John Barnes is expected to be honored by the Three Rivers City Commission during its regular meeting tonight.
The Three Rivers City Commission is expected to appoint Leslie Wilson, Three Rivers' deputy director of finance & administration, as city clerk Tuesday.
The Three Rivers City Commission Tuesday approved the use of over $1 million of the city's fund balance to demolish the old Three Rivers Hospital, which City Manager Joe Bippus says has become "a public nuisance" after falling into disrepair decades ago. The project is expected to begin in the spring, and take approximately six months to complete.
The appeals process provides individuals who intended to submit an SEU permit application for one or more marijuana dispensaries but didn't get around to it before the moratorium.
City Manager Joe Bippus announced Friday that Ronald “Scott” Boling will be the next Three Rivers Police Chief, succeeding longtime Police Chief Tom Bringman who retired in November. Boling most recently served as police chief of the Schoolcraft Police Department where Bippus has previously been employed as a patrol officer in addition to his duties as city manager. It is unclear whether Bippus still serves in any capacity with the Schoolcraft PD.
After 14 1/2 years as Three Rivers' chief of police and 47 1/2 years with the Three Rivers Police Department, Tom Bringman is calling it a career.
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