Portage council limits Snyder’s hiring powers, replaces board
Mayor James Snyder will continue to get his $30,000 salary as the former chairman of the Portage Utility Services Board, but the City Council has moved to replace that board...
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Portage shows decrease in arrests, calls in 2016
The Portage Police Department is showing a decrease in arrests during 2016. "Residents should be proud of our police department, I think, and I know I'm proud of the work...
Portage Council eyes replacing city’s utility board
The Portage Common Council may be getting into the sewer business, at least temporarily. Council President Mark Oprisko, D-at large, said the council will hear an ordinance at a special...
Top Portage administrator resigns position
Joe Calhoun, the city's director of administration and Portage Mayor James Snyder's top deputy, confirmed Thursday he is resigning effective Saturday. Calhoun, who has coordinated the day-to-day operations of the...
Snyder: Portage in a ‘hurricane’
Mayor James Snyder alluded to the legal and political storms wrapping around Portage during his annual State of the City address Thursday while encouraging the audience of Chamber of Commerce...
Portage mayor loses $30K board chairmanship salary in City Council vote
The Portage City Council late Thursday capped off a tumultuous week by passing an ordinance that strips Mayor James Snyder of his $30,000 salary as the Utility Services Board's chairman...
Mayor’s meeting absence brings critics, defenders
Residents voiced a mixed bag of reactions for the City Council and for embattled Mayor James Snyder, who skipped the Tuesday council meeting. Snyder later said he was visiting a...
Legal help hired to sort out Portage ordinance to remove mayor from board
A day after the Portage City Council voted to remove Mayor James Snyder from the chairman's position on the Utility Services Board, the board on Wednesday hired Chicago-based law firm...
Board votes to remove mayor from utility services board
The Portage City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to strip Mayor James Snyder of his position as chairman of the Portage Utility Services Board and will try again to remove the...
Veterans looking for more VA improvement
The Veterans Administration is making changes to improve services, a VA official said, but her message was met with some skepticism at the monthly Mayor's Veterans Committee meeting in Portage....