Valparaiso Mayor Matt Murphy

Valparaiso's new police chief was officially sworn into office during Monday's city council meeting. Andrew McIntyre said he was "extremely humbled and honored to be selected."

Valparaiso Mayor Matt Murphy will not run for a second term.

The City of Valparaiso has set up a financing mechanism for a proposed downtown parking garage, but not without some opposition. The 300-space Lincoln Highway Garage would be built at the northeast corner of Lincolnway and Morgan to coincide with the Linc development.

A Valparaiso City Council member wants to follow Porter County's lead and establish committees to allocate the city's COVID-19 money. Robert Cotton told the rest of the city council Monday that leaving Mayor Matt Murphy in charge of dividing up the American Rescue Plan funds seemed like a "narrow funnel."

The City of Valparaiso is preparing for some future road improvements. The stretch of Harrison Boulevard where it intersects with Yellowstone Road on a reverse curve near Discovery Cottage needs some help, according to Mayor Matt Murphy. "That's a crazy intersection. It's busy, and it's well-needed," Murphy told the board of works last week.

The City of Valparaiso will soon be asking the public for input on how to spend $7.6 million of federal COVID money. Mayor Matt Murphy told the city council Monday that he wants to use some of the American Rescue Plan funds to compensate city employees — like police, firefighters, and first responders — who provided essential services during the pandemic. The rest would be focused toward youth and seniors.

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VALPARAISO - The once-grand and still historic Valparaiso mansion, known most recently as the White House restaurant, is coming down.The building will be…