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Meeting roundup: library programming, OMA mortgage paid off, police report and project updates in Ottawa
Summary
Commissioners heard a suite of staff reports on library programming and tax-credit proceeds, Main Street events, OMA’s debt payoff and vehicle grant, financial-report timing, declining crime trends and multiple infrastructure project updates; they also scheduled an attorney–client executive session.
At its Oct. 23 meeting, the Ottawa City Commission received multiple department reports and updates, including a library programming announcement, an OMA fundraising and debt update, a policing update on falling crime rates, explanations of recent financial timing and a preview of capital projects.
Executive Director Cartier told the commission that the library’s 2025 ‘O Town Reads’ selection will be announced Dec. 6 and that roughly 500 copies will be distributed; the library plans related programs in January and February. Cartier also said the library was awarded state tax credits and cited a staff figure of about $166,600 that she said will net roughly $238,000 for the library’s endowment; she asked donors and buyers to help sell credits by Dec. 2025.
Ottawa Main Street Director Darren…
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