Portage City Council

The Portage City Council will make another attempt at annexing land for a new subdivision.

With Portage crime news frequently in the headlines, the city's police chief says that just shows his officers are doing their job.

A former Portage mayor worries that ending curbside recycling pickup could pose challenges for those who may be unable to take items to recycling centers themselves. Portage ended curbside pickup in February because those items weren't actually being recycled, due to the amount of trash placed in the toters. Hobart followed suit this week.

The cost of getting a copy of a Portage police video is going up. The city council last week voted to raise the cost of getting footage of a video-recorded incident or arrest from $100 to $150, the maximum allowed by state law.

MSI Express is getting a tax abatement to expand its operations in Portage.

The Portage City Council is considering a proposal for a new coffee shop.

Portage residents who still want to recycle can take items to the U.S. 12 compost site or the Portage Street Department during business hours.

The city of Portage expects to bring in $1.8 million dollars more in property taxes this year than previously thought. The city's financial consultant noticed that Portage was eligible for the extra revenue, when reviewing the state's budget recommendations last week.

Portage may soon be ending curbside recycling pickup. Due to the amount of trash being put in recycling toters, the city's contractor put the recycling program on suspension in 2021. That means nothing going in the recycling toters is actually being recycled, according to a Facebook post last week from Mayor Austin Bonta.

The Portage Fire Department is getting lots of attention and positive feedback for a recent rescue, but no funding to upgrade the equipment that made it possible. Matthew R. Reum, 27, was trapped for several days in an overturned truck in a creek under I-94.