Newcastle City Council
Council hires consultant to review cost hike
Following blowback from the community on rate increases for city utilities that saw some customers paying up to 200% more a month for water and sewer services, the Newcastle City Council has decided to hire a consultant to review fees and fee...
Both the Newcastle Police Department and Weston County Sheriff’s Office are planning to purchase police dogs to serve the city and county. The sheriff’s office has one canine that will be retiring in the near future, according to Deputy Dan Fields, while the city department’s purchase will mark the...
Don Taylor file photo
The Newcastle City Council formally voted on Nov. 20 to deny a settlement offer from Weston County Commissioner Don Taylor, who was issued a citation by city police as the owner of the Mondell Heights Retirement Home for an alleged violation of a city ordinance three months earlier.
The offer was...
Newcastle has been forced to scrap plans to purchase two police vehicles from a dealer outside of the community after discovering that its former police chief, Chuck Bowles, failed to advertise for bids for the vehicles as mandated by state law.
On Nov. 6, Police Chief Derek Thompson alerted the...
City utility customers can expect to see an increase in their water, sewer and garbage bills after the Newcastle City Council approved the garbage rate increases on third reading at the board’s Nov. 6 meeting.
According to the ordinance, the 95-gallon containers used for residents will increase...
The Newcastle City Council has voted to end the discussion on possibly dissolving the Newcastle Police Department and moving all city police services to the Weston County Sheriff’s Office.
As previously reported by the News Letter Journal, Councilman Tyrel Owens first suggested on Sept. 5 that...
Photo by Walter Sprague/NLJ
The City of Newcastle held a town hall meeting at the Weston County Senior Services center on Monday to ascertain the thoughts of the public regarding the Newcastle Police Department, and whether to keep the police force or to combine it with the Weston County Sheriffs Department. Above, Dan Bau gives support for ideas expressed by councilman Tyrel Owens to open up a preliminary discussion regarding the possibility of rolling the police department into the sheriffs department, reminding the public that the meeting was intended to find out what residents want, instead of the city making any policy and department changes.
The general sentiment shared by the public in attendance at a town hall to discuss city vs. county policing was support for the Newcastle Police Department and the continued need for their service. The meeting was hosted by the Newcastle City Council. Others who spoke encouraged the council and...
Photo by Walter Sprague/NLJ
On Monday, Oct 16, Police Sergeant Derek Thompson smiles as the Newcastle City Council votes unanimously to promote him to chief of police during the city council’s regular meeting in the council chambers at city hall.
The Newcastle Police Department officially has a new chief after Sgt. Derek Thompson accepted the position offered to him on Oct. 16 and Mayor Pam Gualtieri swore him in to his new post during the City Council meeting. The previous chief, Chuck Bowles, was terminated on Oct. 2.
Gualtieri...
Following a mixed response to his original proposal that the Newcastle City Council consider dissolving the Newcastle Police Department to move to Weston County Sheriff’s Department-led policing, Councilman Tyrel Owens again asked on Oct. 2 that the city schedule a town hall to discuss the topic...
The Newcastle Police Department is once again without a chief after the official termination last week of the recently hired Chuck Bowles, after a tense exchange erupted and an executive session was called to discuss personnel issues, during the Oct. 2 Newcastle City Council meeting.
As...
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