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application/pdf2023-12-03 BPD News Release on Murders Shootings.pdf

This is the official Bloomington police department news release about the early morning shootings on Dec. 3, 2023.

application/pdfNews_Article__Herald-Times_published_as_The_Herald-Times___December_8_2003__p9.pdf

This article includes a timeline for Third Street Park that includes a reference to the 1923 deed restriction that required naming of the park as The Waldron, Hill and Buskirk Park.

application/pdfNews_Article__Herald-Times_published_as_The_Herald-Times___April_11_2011__p7.pdf

This article has coverage of the renaming of The Third Street Park to The Waldron, Hill and Buskirk Park in 2011.

application/pdfNews_Article__Herald-Times_published_as_The_Herald-Times___April_8_2011__p4.pdf

This short op-ed hints at the reason why the park called Third Street Park south of 3rd Street was called that, instead of the name that was recorded in a 1923 deed, which was The Waldron, Hill and Buskirk Park. It may have involved a snafu with park board meeting minutes.

application/pdf2023-12-01 News Release Jessica McClellan resignation as treasurer controller.pdf

This is the news release that was issued by Monroe County treasurer Jessica McClellan just after Bloomington mayor-elect Kerry Thomson announced that McClellan is Thomsons pick as controller for the city of Bloomington.

application/pdf2023-12-01 News Release Kerry Thomson names leadership team.pdf

This is the news release issued on Dec. 1, 2023 announcing mayor-elect Kerry Thomson's leadership team.

image/jpegImage from 1961 Monroe County GIS Bloomington 3rd Street Police Station.jpg

This image of the location where the 3rd Street Bloomington police station was eventually built was retrieved from Monroe County's GIS aerial imagery system for 1961. URL = https://gisserver.co.monroe.in.us/portal/apps/sites/#/monroe-county-gis-division/apps/7b8f44f0dc444ba2aa96377e77204464/explore

application/pdf2023-11-30 News Release COB gateway redesign feedback request parks department.pdf

This news release from the city of Bloomington's parks department was issued on Nov. 30, 2023 asking for feedback about the redesign of the gateway to be constructed at the north end of Miller-Showers Park.

application/pdf2023-11-30 Sheriff Ruben Marte email message about commissioners ARPA decision on jail transition director with subject line clarification.pdf

This email message was sent on Nov. 30, 2023 by Monroe County sheriff Ruben Marté to several people, including The B Square. The message contains his reaction to the deliberations by Monroe County commissioners about their decision to revise the county's ARPA plan to fund a contract position for a jail transition director. The sheriff's email reacts to the lack of enthusiasm expressed by commissioners for bringing someone on board who is not currently working in the sheriff's office—not to the outcome of their decision to amend the APRA plan.

text/plainCOB Financial Portal appraisals 2016 to 2023 keyword appraisal downloaded on 2023-11-30.tsv

This is a tab-delimited file of 80 records with keyword "appraisal" in the description field downloaded from the city of Bloomington online financial system at https://bloomington.finance.socrata.com/ Download date was Nov. 30, 2023. The data goes back to Jan. 1, 2016.

application/pdfOCR News_Article__Herald-Times_published_as_Daily_Herald-Telephone___September_3_1963__p1.pdf

This is an excerpt from a page of the Herald-Telephone published on Sept. 3, 1963 with a photograph showing Bloomington mayor Mary Alice Dunlap laying the cornerstone of the new police station at 3rd and Lincoln Streets.

application/pdfOCR News_Article__Herald-Times_published_as_Daily_Herald-Telephone___June_17_1963__p3.pdf

This is an excerpt from a page image of the Herald Telephone from June 17, 1963 with an article about the new police station. The headline to the piece is: "New Police Station To Be A Dilly"

application/pdfOCR News_Article__Herald-Times_published_as_Daily_Herald-Telephone___June_17_1963__p6.pdf

This is an excerpt from a page of the Herald Telephone published on June 17, 1963 that includes an editorial praising the choice of the Third Street Park as it was known at the time (now called the Waldron Hill Buskirk Park in conformation with a condition on the land donation) as the location of a new police station.

application/pdfOCR News_Article__Herald-Times_published_as_Daily_Herald-Telephone___March_25_1964__p1.pdf

This is a partial page image of a Herald Telephone page from March 25, 1964 that includes a note on the possibility that the new police station would be named the "John F. Kennedy Memorial Law Enforcement Building"

application/pdf2023-11-28 Letter from Hill to Bloomington mayor about 3rd Street Police Station property deed restriction.pdf

This is a letter that was hand delivered to the Bloomington mayor's office by a descendant of the family that donated land to the city that was at least near and might have included the 3rd Street police station.

application/pdfBloomington Transit BPTC Board Working Session 2023-11-03.pdf

This is a slide deck used at a Nov. 3, 2023 working session of the Bloomington Transit board, when they considered four different funding philosophies to handle the urban-to-urban trips where either the origin or the destination is outside the city limits even if they're both inside the urban area.

application/pdfOCR Information on deed for Waldron Hill and Buskirk Park from MC Recorders Office.pdf

These land records about the Waldron, Hill and Buskirk Park and the land north of the park where the 3rd Street police station now sits were provided to The B Square Bulletin by the Monroe County recorders office.

application/pdf2023-11-28 News Release City of Bloomington Duke Energy Substation Mural.pdf

This is a news release issued by the city of Bloomington on Nov. 28, 2023 about a $25,000 contribution from Duke Energy for the city to create a mural on a substation.

application/pdfBloomington Transit BPTC board meeting information packet 2023-11-28.pdf

This is an OCR'd version of the 2023-11-28 meeting information packet for the Bloomington Transit board. It contains the agenda, as well as routine ridership figures and financial reporting that is typical for the monthly board meeting.

application/pdf2023-11-24 Trent Deckard at-large Monroe County council re-election campaign announcement .pdf

This is the announcement that Monroe County councilor Trent Deckard issued on Nov. 24, 2023 about his re-election campaign for 2024.

application/pdfContract-bid-solicitation-from-City-of-Bloomington-for-Sanitation-Disposal-2023-FINAL.pdf

application/pdfContract btw City of Bloomington and Republic for waste collection and recycling services EXTENSION through 2023-12-31 expiration date.pdf

This is the extension of a previously existing contract between the city of Bloomington and Republic for disposal of waste collected by the city of Bloomington (trash and recycling). The extension expires at the end of 2023.

application/pdfContract btw City of Bloomington and Republic for waste collection and recycling services 2022-01-01 expiration date.pdf

This is the contract that was signed the city of Bloomington with Republic for waste collection services during the three-year period from 2019 through 2021 for waste disposal services (trash and recycling) from the city's waste collection. This contract was subsequently renewed for two years through the end of 2023.

application/pdf2023-11-15 IU Campus Antisemitism Letter Banks .pdf

This is a letter posted by Rep. Jim Banks requesting that Indiana University president Pamela Whitten provide answers by Dec. 1, 2023 to questions about the university's response to antisemitism on campus.

application/pdf2023-11-21 Open-Letter-Academic-Freedom-at-IUB Banks Adequate Response to Anti-Semitism.pdf

This letter was posted by faculty at Indiana University on Nov. 21, 2023 in response to a letter from Rep. Jim Banks to IU president Pamela Whitten about the adequacy of the university's efforts to respond to antisemitism on campus.