Knox city government offices will have more consistent operating hours, following recent action by the city council. Up until now, the Clerk-Treasurer’s Office and City Court stayed open until 4:30 p.m., while the Mayor’s Office and most county government offices closed at 4:00, according to Mayor Dennis Estok.
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Starke Hospital will now be able to use space at the Nancy J. Dembowski Community Center in the event of a disaster. The Knox City Council last week approved a memorandum of understanding, allowing the hospital to use the building’s executive room and office.
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The response to COVID-19 will mean some adjustments for the City of Knox. Mayor Dennis Estok told the city council last week that preliminary reports suggest a decrease in funding for cities, towns, and counties. “The revenue stream is going to be shorted with this, and if you look at it, our [County Economic Development Income Tax] funds, people get laid off, unemployment, that’s where it comes from,” he explained.
Continue readingThe City of Knox is reducing its workforce to help slow the spread of COVID-19. The city council Tuesday approved a measure to reduce the workforce until April 6 at 11:59 p.m., mirroring the state’s stay-at-home order.
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The Nancy J. Dembowski Community Center is getting new tables. The Knox City Council Tuesday approved the purchase of 38 tables from WebstaurantStore for just over $3,400.
Continue readingThe Knox City Council will consider the purchase of 38 tables for the Nancy J. Dembowski Community Center tonight. Mayor Dennis Estok and Clerk-Treasurer Cyndi Mann-Kidder will also give their regular reports.
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The Knox City Council members are leaving it up to the residents of Knox to determine where a piece of the Knox Weinberg Gym floor should be displayed.
Continue readingThe Knox City Council has a light agenda tonight. Mayor Dennis Estok and Clerk-Treasurer Cyndi Mann-Kidder will give their regular reports. No specific discussion items are listed on the advance agenda.
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Knox officials have taken steps to correct an oversight in a longtime city employee’s retirement benefits. For over four-and-a-half years in the late 1980s and early ‘90s, the employee was apparently working full-time, but no payments were made into the Public Employee Retirement Fund.
Continue readingThe City of Knox is urging landlords to register their rental properties. Mayor Dennis Estok says landlords are required to re-register their properties every year at a cost of five dollars.
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Knox residents like the historic architecture, small-town feeling, and unique shops of the city’s downtown, but the number of vacant buildings and their overall disrepair remain concerns. That’s according to a recent survey by Ball State’s Department of Urban Planning.
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Knox Mayor Dennis Estok says his administration has accomplished much of what it set out to do when he retook office four years ago. The mayor gave a State of the City report to the city council Tuesday.
Continue readingThe Knox Girl Scout Cabin will no longer be available for rent after April 30. Mayor Dennis Estok told the city council Tuesday that continuing to maintain the building just isn’t feasible.
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The City of Knox will soon be paying more to the Starke County Economic Development Foundation.
Continue readingA State of the City address will be given to the Knox City Council tonight. Council members will also consider an update to the city’s contract with the Starke County Economic Development Foundation.
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Plans are in the works to bring four more pickle ball courts into Wythogan Park in Knox.
When City Council members met Tuesday night, Mayor Dennis Estok discussed the sport with members, noting that there was a pretty consistent group of players when they installed the first courts last year.
Continue readingA request related to the Public Employees Retirement Fund came before Knox City Council members when they met Tuesday night.
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The Knox City Council addressed an appointment to the Planning Commission when members met Tuesday night.
Continue readingThe Knox City Council will discuss a Public Employee Retirement Fund (PERF) adjustment request when members meet tonight.
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Knox Mayor Dennis Estok discussed plans for the annual Fall Bash when the City Council met last Tuesday.
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